16.6% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picnic Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Picnic Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stronger-than-average presence of former Defence Force members helps shape the social fabric of Picnic Bay. While 16.6% of the population still volunteers, this is a significant drop from the 34.6% recorded in 2011. The area now sees far fewer people providing unpaid care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. However, this represents a steep decline from 2011, when over a third of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.4% of people providing care and 14.3% caring for children—both figures being far below the national averages. Meanwhile, 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
8.4% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Residents who served in the Defence Force make up 6.1% of the population. This is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 88% 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 Picnic Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322097/picnic-bay/topic/community