16.9% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mission Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mission Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people in Mission Beach volunteer compared to the state and national figures. While 16.9% of residents give their time to others, the area sees much lower rates of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.9% of people here are volunteers, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare at 19.5%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 23.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national average of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the national rate at 9.5%.
9.5% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/community