16.7% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Ommaney · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Ommaney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in most similar areas provide unpaid care and housework in Mount Ommaney. This is most visible in the 30.1% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While care roles are common, other forms of community a engagement like volunteering remain steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to childcare, where 30.1% of residents provide unpaid care, well above the 26.3% average for Australia.
12.6% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Ommaney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32009/mount-ommaney/topic/community