3.6% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mission River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mission River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Mission River provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. However, the area sees very low levels of volunteering and general unpaid care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.6% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.9% of people care for children unpaid, other forms of help are rare. Those providing general unpaid care (5.4%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (5.7%) are both well below Queensland and national levels.
5.4% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.7% ▼ -81.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the rates for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Mission River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31864/mission-river/topic/community