10.4% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Forbes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of veterans live in Mount Forbes, where 7.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%. While military service is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Queensland and Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.6% of people providing such support. This is well above the Queensland figure, while 26.9% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national average.
14.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is very common in Mount Forbes. At 7.7%, this is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31961/mount-forbes/topic/community