9.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount St John · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount St John
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 57.3% of residents in Mount St John have served in the Defence Force, making it one of the most military-connected areas in the region. While service rates are exceptionally high, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are much lower than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very low in this area. Just 6.2% of people provide unpaid care, while only 3.1% do 15 or more hours of housework or care for children, both of which are far below national figures.
6.2% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
3.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Defence service is a standout feature of the area, with 57.3% of people having served, a figure far above the 2.8% national average.
57.3%
Higher than 99% 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 St John [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32021/mount-st-john/topic/community