17.3% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balgal Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Balgal Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Balgal Beach do a significant amount of unpaid housework, which is one of the highest rates for its area type. This community shows a strong commitment to service, with high rates of volunteering and defence experience. However, the number of people caring for children has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a decrease from 2011, when 27% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 14.6%, down from 32.7% in 2011. Meanwhile, 30.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the state and national average.
13.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 very common here, with 9.3% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
9.3%
Higher than 99% 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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321008/balgal-beach/topic/community