19.0% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Mission Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in South Mission Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in South Mission Beach volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving their time, with volunteering rates rising since 2011. It is also a place with a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and the figure has risen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 21.9% of people, which is well below the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.9% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure that is well above the Queensland average.
12.0% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▲ +67.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 South Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321095/south-mission-beach/topic/community