10.7% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mapoon · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mapoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 42.4% of people in Mapoon provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This is the most striking feature of community life here, though other forms of volunteering and care have seen a decline since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in Mapoon since 2011, falling 5.1 percentage points to 10.7%. This is well below both the state and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 42.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for this level—those providing other types of unpaid care fell to 9.4%, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 22.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
9.4% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.4% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) 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 Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34830/mapoon/topic/community