24.1% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Nebo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Nebo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Mount Nebo, where 24.1% of residents volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.1% of people giving their time. This is 10 percentage points higher than the rate for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 31.7% spend 15 or more hours on housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15.4% provide unpaid care, which is well above the national average, the 23.0% who care for children unpaid is well below the national rate of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
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 Force veterans make up 3.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32008/mount-nebo/topic/community