23.1% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mapleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mapleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Mapleton volunteer their time, a figure well above both the state and national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are more likely to give their time to others than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.1% of residents volunteer, which is 9 percentage points higher than the figure for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 34.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, though the 16.5% of people caring for children is far below the state average.
14.5% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Mapleton than in most areas, with 5.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Mapleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31757/mapleton/topic/community