10.6% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surfers Paradise · State Electorate
Community Participation in Surfers Paradise
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.6% of people in Surfers Paradise volunteer, a figure that has plummeted from 20.3% in 2011. This is well below the Queensland and national figures, highlighting a significant drop in community volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, which is 3.5 percentage points below the national and state figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are much less common here than elsewhere. Only 16.8% of people care for children unpaid—well below the 26.5% in Queensland—and only 15.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
9.1% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30082/surfers-paradise/topic/community