13.0% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mandalay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mandalay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Mandalay take on unpaid roles compared to other parts of the country. This is seen in lower rates of volunteering and caregiving, with only 13% of people spending their time as volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.4% of people providing care and 17.5% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly. Similarly, the 23% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.4% ▲ +76.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Mandalay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31746/mandalay/topic/community