19.3% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forrest Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Forrest Beach contribute to their community than the state or national figures. Nearly one in five residents volunteer, and there is a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members. This spirit of service is paired with high rates of unpaid care and housework within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people here volunteer their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, 15.1% of residents provide other types of unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, and 26.8% of people do more than 15 hours of unpaid housework.
15.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 5.6% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and is a little above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31072/forrest-beach/topic/community