8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nine Mile · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nine Mile
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Nine Mile provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is much more common than in most other areas. While child care is a priority, other forms of community support and volunteering are quite low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.8% of people helping out. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.4% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure, only 5.9% provide other unpaid care. This is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 11.9%.
5.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 number of people have served in the Defence Force, at 7.7%. This is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Nine Mile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32146/nine-mile/topic/community