8.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eighty Mile Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eighty Mile Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people contribute through unpaid care and volunteering in Eighty Mile Beach than in most other areas. While community support roles are low, the area has a notably high number of former Defence Force members. This creates a unique social profile where military service is much more common than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common here, with only 5.4% of people providing unpaid care. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the rates for unpaid housework and childcare are also far below state and national levels.
5.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.3% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 7.7% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.7%
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 Eighty Mile Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50477/eighty-mile-beach/topic/community