10.6% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Molendinar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Molendinar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Molendinar than in most similar areas. Only 10.6% of residents give their time to others, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and military service, are closer to state and national norms.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are quite low here, with 10.6% of people volunteering. This is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas.
11.7% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 common among 2.3% of residents. This is about the same as the Australian average, though a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Molendinar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31873/molendinar/topic/community