24.0% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Perry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Perry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Mount Perry volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This strong community spirit is seen in the high number of people who provide unpaid care and help in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.2% of people providing care and 26.9% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the share of people caring for children is much lower than most areas at 18.3%.
16.2% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32012/mount-perry/topic/community