17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Urah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Urah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13.8% of people in Mount Urah have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. While many residents contribute to their community through volunteering, very few are providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people helping out, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and others is far below the national average, though 28.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the Queensland figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 among the highest for similar areas, at 13.8%, which is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.8%
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 Urah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32034/mount-urah/topic/community