19.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marcus Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marcus Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Marcus Beach volunteer, a rate well above the Queensland and national figures. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid work at home. Most of these activities are common for areas of this type.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 26% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.8% provide unpaid childcare and 12.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state and national levels.
12.8% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Marcus Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31762/marcus-beach/topic/community