17.6% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mansfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mansfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly the same as most similar areas, Mansfield shows a strong commitment to helping others. A standout figure is the 31.8% of people who provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 31.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the state and national figures. Other forms of support are also slightly more common than usual, with 13.5% providing general unpaid care and 22.6% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
13.5% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average, though it is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31752/mansfield/topic/community