14.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Ossa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Ossa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care define the community profile of Mount Ossa compared to similar areas. While 14.4% of residents volunteer, a notably small number of people here provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Mount Ossa volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 20.4%, though 25.4% of residents do at least 15 hours of housework, which is well above the national rate. Overall, 10.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
10.4% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 here have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 4.0% of residents having served.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Ossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32010/mount-ossa/topic/community