14.6% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shute Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shute Harbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid work have remained steady in Shute Harbour over the last decade. The area stands out for its high number of former Defence Force members, while child care rates are much lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.6% of people provide unpaid care, the rate of those caring for children is far below the state figure at 16.5%. Meanwhile, 25.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.6% ▲ +291.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▲ +66.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 high 7.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Shute Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32559/shute-harbour/topic/community