22.5% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Larcom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Larcom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Mount Larcom volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where 22.5% of residents give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common than usual, at 22.5%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the 20.7% state average.
12.4% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Larcom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31981/mount-larcom/topic/community