9.0% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surfers Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Surfers Paradise
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Surfers Paradise has shifted over the last decade, though current engagement levels remain quite low. Only 9% of residents volunteer, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a place where few people participate in traditional unpaid community roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9% of people in Surfers Paradise volunteer, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This rate is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 7.8% of people providing such support. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and far fewer people look after children unpaid compared to the rest of the country.
7.8% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
About 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Surfers Paradise
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32702/surfers-paradise/topic/community