14.5% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glass House Mountains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glass House Mountains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stronger-than-average commitment to home and family life defines Glass House Mountains, where more people than usual spend their time on unpaid care. This is most evident in the high number of residents managing housework and child care, alongside a notable presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a high amount of unpaid work here; 26% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to child care, with 28.2% of residents providing unpaid care for children, which is higher than most areas.
12.5% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Former Defence Force members are much more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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 Glass House Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31137/glass-house-mountains/topic/community