23.1% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Marshall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Marshall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Mount Marshall and the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering and service. Roughly 23% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14%. This spirit of contribution is seen across both community work and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people in Mount Marshall volunteer, a rate of 23.1% that is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 16.4% of people provide care—well above the national figure. While 27.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 16.9%, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.4% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national rate of 2.8% and is among the highest figures for similar areas.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31993/mount-marshall/topic/community