27.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mungallala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mungallala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people now volunteer in Mungallala than in most other parts of the country. Nearly 28% of residents give their time to help others, which is double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of people helping out, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 9.7% of people provide unpaid care and far fewer care for children compared to the state, 27.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
No one in Mungallala has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Mungallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32070/mungallala/topic/community