12.2% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burrum Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burrum Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Burrum Heads compared to the rest of the state. While only 9.0% of residents provide this care, a much higher proportion of the community spends significant time on other unpaid duties. This is a place where a high number of residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week are far more common here at 31.4%, well above the Queensland figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 9.0% of people caring for children unpaid is among the lowest at this level and far below the national average.
13.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.0% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
A high 6.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Burrum Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30455/burrum-heads/topic/community