21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Munro Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Munro Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for community involvement, Munro Plains sees 21.3% of its people volunteering. This is a place where people give a lot of their time to others, both through formal volunteering and high levels of unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of residents helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 40.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home activity is matched by 34% of people caring for children unpaid, though only 6.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
6.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 40.4%
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 Queensland average 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 Munro Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32079/munro-plains/topic/community