10.8% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mornington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mornington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of people in Mornington volunteer, which is a much lower rate than most similar areas. This low level of community engagement is seen across the board, with very few residents providing unpaid care or doing significant housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national and state figure of 14.1%, with only 10.8% of residents taking part in these activities.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very low here, with only 4.6% of people providing care and 19% caring for children, both of which are well below Queensland's figures. Just 13.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
4.6% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.9% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31923/mornington/topic/community