25.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Binga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Binga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Mount Binga volunteer their time, making it a highly active place for community work. This strong spirit of helping out is mirrored in the high rates of unpaid care and housework performed by residents.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.7% of people helping out, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of daily life, as 29.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to caregiving, with 16.2% providing unpaid care, much higher than most other areas.
16.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
A higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.8% of the population having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Binga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31942/mount-binga/topic/community