9.5% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mourilyan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mourilyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care define Mourilyan compared to most similar areas. While a small number of people volunteer, nearly 18% of the community provides unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 9.5% of people taking part. This is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 17.9% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 21.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
17.9% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Defence service is more common in Mourilyan than in most similar areas. At 3.8%, this is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Mourilyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32043/mourilyan/topic/community