12.4% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burleigh · State Electorate
Community Participation in Burleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Burleigh have spent their time volunteering or caring for others since 2011. The most notable change is that 9.4% fewer residents now provide unpaid childcare. While some levels of community support remain steady, overall participation in these unpaid roles has generally dipped.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people in Burleigh volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop of 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as across Australia. Fewer people now do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (18.7%) compared to 2011, while those providing other unpaid care have barely changed at 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Force veterans make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 55% of state electorate 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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30012/burleigh/topic/community