14.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mountain Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mountain Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Mountain Creek spend their time caring for children, though other types of community work are less common. While 33.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, this is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of volunteering and care are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 33.8%, which is well above the state and national rates. However, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common than in most other areas.
10.7% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Mountain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32041/mountain-creek/topic/community