16.9% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Crosby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Crosby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for unpaid care, Mount Crosby is a place where a large proportion of residents support their families and community. This is most evident in the high number of people caring for children and the home, which far exceeds figures for Queensland and the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is very common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with other high rates of home support, as 27.1% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework and 14.2% provide other unpaid care.
14.2% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 much higher share of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, at 5.6%, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.6%
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 Crosby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31953/mount-crosby/topic/community