13.3% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Cotton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Cotton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have stayed steady since 2011 in Mount Cotton, but unpaid childcare is now a major feature of the area. Around 41% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the highest-ranking areas for this type of unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 40.8% of people providing it, far above the national figure of 26.3%. Housework involving 15 or more hours a week is also well above the national rate at 24.0%, while 11.6% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.6% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.8% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Around 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%, though a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31952/mount-cotton/topic/community