16.2% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rainbow Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rainbow Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well below the national figure, only 17.9% of people in Rainbow Beach provide unpaid childcare. This reflects a community where far fewer residents are caring for children compared to the rest of the state. Other forms of community support and service remain steady, with modest numbers of volunteers and former defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though the rate has fallen 1.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is much lower than most areas, 24.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure. General unpaid care is a little below the state average at 9.6%, though this rose 3.2 points since 2011.
9.6% ▲ +49.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
3.1%
Lower than 62% 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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315082/rainbow-beach/topic/community