11.8% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnett Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burnett Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Burnett Heads compared to most similar areas. Only 11.8% of the community gives their time to volunteer work, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.8% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, those caring for children unpaid are well below the Australian average at 18.8%. However, 25.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national rate of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 5.6% of residents having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30449/burnett-heads/topic/community