10.5% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Garnet · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Garnet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.5% of people in Mount Garnet volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care roles, with far fewer residents providing childcare or housework than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 12.8% of people caring for children, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the proportions of people doing significant housework or providing other unpaid care are much lower than most areas.
9.4% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national average and around the middle for similar areas.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Garnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31965/mount-garnet/topic/community