20.6% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monto · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monto
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Monto volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, whether through formal volunteering, helping others, or managing the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid (16.5%) compared to the state, more residents provide other types of unpaid care (14.5%) and spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (24.4%).
14.5% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.0% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Monto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31885/monto/topic/community