13.5% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Isa City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Isa City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Mount Isa City compared to the rest of the country. While volunteering and defence service rates are typical for the region, the area stands out for having much lower levels of unpaid housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 1.9% of people provide such care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (10.3%) and doing over 15 hours of housework (6.4%) are both far below state and national levels.
1.9% ▼ -69.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.4% ▼ -64.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 in the area, with 3.2% of people having served, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31975/mount-isa-city/topic/community