16.2% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tin Can Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tin Can Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Tin Can Bay spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. While volunteer rates have fallen over the last decade, the area has a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when 23.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country, but those providing other types of unpaid care are much more common than in most areas, at 14.9%. This trend has risen slightly since 2011.
14.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.6% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
A high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 7.8%, this is among the highest levels for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.8%
Higher than 96% 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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315092/tin-can-bay/topic/community