12.8% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mighell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mighell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of volunteering and child care set Mighell apart from similar areas. While only 12.8% of people volunteer, the area has a notably high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 19.6%, yet 13.8% of people provide other unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 23.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a little above the 20.7% seen across Queensland.
13.8% ▲ +101.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
A striking 5.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Mighell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31831/mighell/topic/community