11.2% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Southport · State Electorate
Community Participation in Southport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over one in five people in Southport provide unpaid childcare, making this the most common form of community contribution in the area. However, overall participation in unpaid work and volunteering is much lower here than in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when 16.9% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%, at 21.1%. Similarly, the 17.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national average, while the 10.1% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Australian figure.
10.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
About 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and puts Southport around the middle for its level.
2.5%
Lower than 60% 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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30078/southport/topic/community