16.9% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castaways Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castaways Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform significant unpaid housework in Castaways Beach than in the rest of the state. This local community shows a slightly higher rate of volunteering than the national average, with 16.9% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for 26.1% of residents who do 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.0% ▲ +28.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 higher share of people in Castaways Beach have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Castaways Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30558/castaways-beach/topic/community