15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mutarnee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mutarnee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care define the community of Mutarnee compared to the rest of the state. While 15% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, the area stands out for its high proportion of military veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents in Mutarnee volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages, though it is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 10% of people provide unpaid care and 16% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figure.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
A high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 6.8%, this is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.8%
Higher than 88% 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 Mutarnee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32091/mutarnee/topic/community