22.7% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mysterton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mysterton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 22.7% of people volunteer their time in Mysterton, far exceeding the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution is seen across the board, with more residents providing unpaid care and military service than is typical for the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.7% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas; 29.7% of people care for children and 14.1% provide other unpaid care, both of which are above the national figures.
14.1% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in similar areas, with 6.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.4%
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 Mysterton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32097/mysterton/topic/community