13.7% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mowbray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mowbray has remained steady over the last decade, with volunteering rates mirroring the national figure. About 13.7% of residents give their time to others, which is almost exactly the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is around the same as the national figure, with 13.7% of people in Mowbray helping out in their community.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 8.1% provide unpaid care for others, a figure well below the national average. Meanwhile, 22.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
8.1% ▲ +92.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32045/mowbray/topic/community