18.1% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunshine Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunshine Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Sunshine Beach has remained steady, with a strong focus on volunteering. About 18.1% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 18.1%, the proportion of people who volunteer is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of around 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Specifically, the 20.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.2% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 2.0% of residents having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32700/sunshine-beach/topic/community