12.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palm Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in unpaid work and volunteering in Palm Cove than in most similar areas. Only 12% of residents volunteer their time, and the community has a much lower rate of unpaid carers than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12% of people in Palm Cove volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 9% of people providing care and 17.8% looking after children unpaid, a figure well below the 26.3% national average. About 20% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
9.0% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of the population being veterans.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32258/palm-cove/topic/community