16.0% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elliott Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elliott Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Elliott Heads than in most other areas. While 15.5% of residents provide this support, the community also shows a strong connection to the military with a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care and 26.6% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures are well above the national average. In contrast, the 21.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.5% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 larger share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 6.7% of residents having served, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Elliott Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30969/elliott-heads/topic/community