20.3% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shelly Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shelly Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Shelly Beach volunteer, making it a highly active community. This rate is well above both the state and national figures, reflecting a strong local commitment to unpaid work. This spirit of contribution extends into the home and veteran support as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, with 26.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 15% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
15.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Shelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32552/shelly-beach/topic/community