18.7% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mundubbera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mundubbera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Mundubbera volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where unpaid care and household work are far less common than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong here, with 18.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure, at just 14.9%. Similarly, only 17.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the 20.7% average for Australia.
12.0% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Mundubbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32068/mundubbera/topic/community