40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minnamoolka · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 40% of people in Minnamoolka volunteer, a figure far above the national rate of 14.1%. This sparsely populated area sees very high levels of unpaid work and community support compared to the rest of the state.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 40% of residents helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 45% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 20% providing unpaid care, both far above national figures. Meanwhile, 25% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the state average of 26.5%.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the 3.9% found across Queensland.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Minnamoolka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31856/minnamoolka/topic/community