14.7% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noosa North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noosa North Shore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Noosa North Shore spend significant time on housework, which is well above national levels. While unpaid care is common here, the area's volunteering rates are unremarkable. This highlights a community where a large portion of residents focus their unpaid efforts on the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages, though it is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 17.4% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above national figures. In contrast, the 14.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
17.4% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32161/noosa-north-shore/topic/community