32.8% ▲ +95.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Isa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Isa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their local area in Mount Isa than in most other similar places. About 32.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is seen across several different types of unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 32.8% of people giving their time. This is 19 percentage points higher than the figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major priority, as 41.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, people providing other types of unpaid care are much less common here than in most areas at 8.2%.
8.2% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.8% ▲ +101.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▲ +155.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31974/mount-isa/topic/community