11.7% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mossman Gorge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mossman Gorge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mossman Gorge has shifted over the last decade, reflecting a mix of high domestic work and low formal volunteering. While 26.7% of people do significant unpaid housework, very few residents engage in official volunteer roles compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is common, with 26.7% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the Queensland figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the proportion of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 8.7%, and only 15.5% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national average.
8.7% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% ▼ -54.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +146.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Mossman Gorge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31930/mossman-gorge/topic/community