6.5% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Mapoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Mapoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in New Mapoon provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. While many focus on raising children, other forms of community work and volunteering are much less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low in the community, with only 6.5% of people helping out, which is well below the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is a priority for 31.3% of residents, other unpaid work is rare. Only 7.9% provide general unpaid care and just 6.1% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
7.9% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.1% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 New Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32131/new-mapoon/topic/community