13.8% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grasstree Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grasstree Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Grasstree Beach sees levels of community involvement that are generally lower than most similar areas. While a few residents are active in volunteering and service, the area is most notable for having far fewer people caring for children unpaid compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly lower than in most areas, with 13.8% of residents helping out, which is about the same as the 14.1% figure for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 17.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, 24.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the 20.7% seen across Queensland and Australia.
11.0% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 3.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the 3.9% in Queensland and 2.8% across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Grasstree Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31231/grasstree-beach/topic/community