21.3% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alva Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alva Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Alva Beach are doing unpaid childcare and housework than they were in 2011. Despite these drops, the area remains a high-volunteering spot, with 21.3% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia, and it has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has fallen 7.7 points since 2011 to 18.7%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a little above the state and national rates.
13.5% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 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.
Defence service is common in Alva Beach, where 6.5% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Alva Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322003/alva-beach/topic/community