14.3% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Turkey Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Turkey Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10% of people in Turkey Beach have served in the Defence Force, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a mixed pattern of participation, with high levels of housework but very few people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 13.5% care for children unpaid, which is far below the rest of the country.
11.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 9.4%, which is among the highest for areas of this size and well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Turkey Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32888/turkey-beach/topic/community