12.4% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burleigh Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burleigh Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of people in Burleigh Waters provide unpaid care for children. While 29.1% of the community looks after children without pay, fewer residents spend their spare time volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While more people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, the proportion of those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.4%) and providing general unpaid care (11.4%) is lower than most places.
11.4% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Burleigh Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30446/burleigh-waters/topic/community