21.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Colliery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Colliery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people contribute their time to others in Mount Colliery compared to the rest of the state. About 21% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This community shows a strong pattern of providing unpaid support to others in their daily lives.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.0% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 20.0% of people providing care and 36.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above national levels. In contrast, the 17.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national figures of around 26%.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.2% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
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 similar areas, with 3.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Colliery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31948/mount-colliery/topic/community