16.0% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beerburrum · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Beerburrum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of people handle unpaid housework in Beerburrum, though volunteering has dipped lately. While 27.7% of residents spend significant time on home duties—well above the national figure—only 16% now volunteer for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, and 29.3% caring for children. In contrast, the 8.9% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure.
8.9% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
Around 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 53% 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 Beerburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322013/beerburrum/topic/community