19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mona Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mona Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid childcare defines daily life in Mona Park, where 37.7% of people provide this support. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Residents are also more likely to volunteer their time compared to those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of people helping out. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 37.7%, which is far above the national figure. While 23.4% do a fair amount of housework, only 7.8% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national average.
7.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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).
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 Mona Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31876/mona-park/topic/community