47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Mceuen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Mceuen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 34 percentage point gap separates Mount Mceuen from the rest of the country in volunteering rates. Nearly half of the people here give their time to others, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of participation is a standout feature of the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 47.8% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 34.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 much more common in Mount Mceuen than elsewhere, with 13.3% of people having served, well above the 3.9% state average.
13.3%
Higher 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 Mceuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31995/mount-mceuen/topic/community