16.4% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 than 31% of people in Greenmount provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is a standout feature of the area's community a help. Residents are also more likely to provide other types of unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing general care and 24.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
14.5% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 2.4% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average but a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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/SAL31240/greenmount/topic/community