19.0% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McIlwraith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McIlwraith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in McIlwraith has remained steady, with 19% of people volunteering their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, reflecting a strong tendency for locals to help out in their area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—well above the 20.7% national figure. Providing unpaid care is also much more common than in most areas, at 15.5%.
15.5% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.4% of people having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 McIlwraith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31792/mcilwraith/topic/community