14.8% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mt Gravatt · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Mt Gravatt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over a quarter of residents in Mt Gravatt provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is much higher than in most other Australian areas. This reflects a community with a strong focus on family care, though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 20.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 28.6% of people providing this care, which is a little above the national rate. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common than in most areas.
11.1% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Only 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Queensland figure.
2.0%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Mt Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30303/mt-gravatt/topic/community