14.3% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grasstree Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Grasstree Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over 14% of people in Grasstree Beach volunteer their time, which is about the same as the national figure. This modest level of community work sits alongside a notable drop in the number of people caring for children unpaid since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas, this figure has risen by 4.2 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people care for children unpaid here compared to the state and nation, and this figure fell 15 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are more common than the national average.
14.3% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure.
4.3%
Higher than 68% 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 Grasstree Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322053/grasstree-beach/topic/community