16.1% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tin Can Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tin Can Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 8% of people in Tin Can Bay have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high level of service is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing care and 28.6% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at just 9.4%.
14.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.4% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 total of 7.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above the averages for Queensland and Australia.
7.9%
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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32826/tin-can-bay/topic/community