16.1% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mission Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mission Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Typical for its kind, Mission Beach (L) shows moderate levels of community involvement and care. While 16.1% of residents volunteer, this is a sharp drop from the 28% recorded in 2011. The area also has much lower rates of unpaid childcare than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this represents a significant 12 point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 19.6%, falling 16 points since 2011. Other unpaid work is more common, with 23.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework, while 8.9% provide other unpaid care, a figure a little below the national level.
8.9% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Around 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321073/mission-beach/topic/community