19.3% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Diamond Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Diamond Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has dropped from 25.1% to 19.3% since 2011 in Diamond Beach. Despite this fall, the area still sees a much higher rate of community spirit than the state and national figures. Most residents focus their energy on home and family, with a very high number of people spending significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is higher than most similar areas, even though the rate fell by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 33.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, 25.8% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.5% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre 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 Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121031/diamond-beach/topic/community