29.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Irving · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Irving
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteering separates Mount Irving from the rest of the country, with nearly 30% of people giving their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, other forms of unpaid care and service are very low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 30% of residents in Mount Irving volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
No one here provides unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.1% provide some form of unpaid care and 22.2% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are a little above the national figures.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Mount Irving has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Irving [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31973/mount-irving/topic/community