19.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulgildie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mulgildie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of residents in Mulgildie give their time as volunteers, showing a strong local spirit of helping out. This level of community involvement is well above the state and national figures. While few people here have served in the military, many contribute to their homes and neighbours through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is low here, with only 5% of people providing care and 17.4% caring for children—both figures are well below the national average. However, 27.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen elsewhere in Australia.
5.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
0.0%
Lower 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 Mulgildie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32057/mulgildie/topic/community