18.6% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pine Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pine Mountain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Pine Mountain provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community where home-based care and family support play a major role in daily life. Residents here are notably more active in supporting others and their country than those in the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a significant part of life in this area, as 14.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. This is driven by the 32.1% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure well above the national 26.3%.
14.9% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Service to the country is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
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 Pine Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32325/pine-mountain/topic/community