33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Debateable · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Debateable
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One third of residents in Mount Debateable give their time as volunteers, making it a place where community involvement is much higher than in most other areas. While unpaid childcare and housework figures are lower than the state average, a high number of people provide other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 33.3% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. In contrast, the number of people caring for children unpaid (20.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (12.8%) are both well below state and national levels.
23.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Debateable [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31955/mount-debateable/topic/community