10.6% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paradise Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paradise Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Paradise Point have seen their levels of community involvement shift much over the last decade. Only 10.6% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This lack of volunteering is reflected in other areas of unpaid work too.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.6% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here at 19.9%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care is about the same as across Australia.
11.9% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of residents having served, which is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Paradise Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32269/paradise-point/topic/community