16.1% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenmount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual handle unpaid housework and childcare in Greenmount. While volunteering is typical for the area, the most striking feature is how many residents manage heavy home duties compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 31.3% of people caring for children unpaid and 30.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, the 9.9% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the average for the state and country.
9.9% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 0.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31239/greenmount/topic/community