16.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Gravatt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly higher share of people volunteer in Mount Gravatt compared to the state and national figures. Around 16% of residents give their time to help others, though this is lower than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.0% 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.
Unpaid care for children is common, with 26.6% of residents doing so, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the share of people providing general unpaid care (11.8%) or spending 15 or more hours on housework (20.1%) is lower than in most areas.
11.8% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Defence service is common for about 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31968/mount-gravatt/topic/community