20.1% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Abundance · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Abundance
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Mount Abundance, where 20.1% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. It is a place where residents are notably active in supporting their local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, which is a much higher rate than most similar areas. This 20.1% figure is well above the national average by 6.0 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, a much higher proportion of residents provide other types of unpaid care. At 18.1%, this is well above the 11.9% national figure.
18.1% ▲ +112.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Mount Abundance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31933/mount-abundance/topic/community