25.5% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Rascal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Rascal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Mount Rascal contribute their time to others than in the rest of the country. About 25.5% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.5% of people giving their time, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 34.1% do 15 or more hours of housework and 36.8% care for children unpaid, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.8% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Rascal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32017/mount-rascal/topic/community