19.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Alford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Alford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 34% of people in Mount Alford do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. This high level of domestic work is a key feature of the local community, where residents are also more likely to volunteer than those in the wider state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.9%) volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 11.6% of people providing unpaid care is lower than in most areas, a very high 33.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far exceeding the 20.7% national average. Those caring for children unpaid make up 24.3% of the population, a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.6% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.5% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Alford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31934/mount-alford/topic/community