11.0% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Haliday Bay - Ball Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Haliday Bay - Ball Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with Haliday Bay - Ball Bay (L) seeing a sharp drop in community helpers. While only 11.0% of residents volunteer, a high number of people spend significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011, with only 11.0% of people now helping out. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 30.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 13.9%, which is far below the state average.
12.6% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.9% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 4.2% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322054/haliday-bay-ball-bay/topic/community