12.5% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mermaid Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Mermaid Beach spend their spare time volunteering or performing unpaid care compared to other areas. Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, and rates of unpaid housework and childcare have both fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped by 5.2 percentage points since 2011. The current rate of 12.5% is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas, with only 17.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 20.7%, and the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen since 2011.
9.4% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 service is slightly less common in Mermaid Beach than in the state, with 2.3% of people having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 69% 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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/community