14.9% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Gravatt East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Gravatt East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28.4% of people in Mount Gravatt East provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. This is the most common form of community contribution here, though other types of unpaid work and volunteering are less frequent than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas, though this figure is about the same as the Queensland and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—only 11.1% provide other unpaid care. Similarly, the 18.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
11.1% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31969/mount-gravatt-east/topic/community