12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Charlton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Charlton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community of Mount Charlton compared to similar areas. While 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people in Mount Charlton volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people doing so, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This stands in contrast to childcare, as the 19.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
No one in Mount Charlton has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31947/mount-charlton/topic/community