19.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Fox · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Fox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid housework than the state average marks the community spirit in Mount Fox. While many residents contribute through volunteer work, there are far fewer people providing general unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.2%) volunteer here, which is well above the national and Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—a figure well above the national average of 20.7%—the area has much lower rates of people providing general unpaid care or caring for children.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Fox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31962/mount-fox/topic/community