10.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Montrose · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Montrose
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of the population in Montrose provides unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care stands out in a community where other types of unpaid service and volunteering are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 33.3% of residents provide unpaid care for children—far higher than the 26.3% national average—only 7.7% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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 Montrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31887/montrose/topic/community