17.7% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noosa Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Noosa Heads now give their time to help others. About 17.7% of people volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community with a strong lean toward unpaid service and local support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people giving their time, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas, at 19.3% compared to the national figure of 26.3%. However, 22.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the national average.
10.5% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/community