21.1% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Samson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Samson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping out defines daily life in Mount Samson, where more than one in five residents volunteer. This community is notably more active in unpaid work and care than the typical Australian suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents take on significant care roles, with 15.6% providing unpaid care and 29.7% caring for children, both well above national figures. Additionally, 30.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.7% typical for Australia.
15.6% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Samson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32019/mount-samson/topic/community