13.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palm Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11% of people in Palm Beach provide unpaid care, which is lower than most similar areas. This reflects a general trend across the community where residents are slightly less likely to engage in unpaid care or volunteering than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 11% of people providing care and 18.5% doing over 15 hours of housework. Meanwhile, 25.4% of residents care for children unpaid, which is just below the state figure.
11.0% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 seen in 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and a little below the state average.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32257/palm-beach/topic/community