19.9% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tamborine Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tamborine Mountain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Tamborine Mountain spend their spare time volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a key part of daily life here, where residents are also more likely to support others through unpaid care and household work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in the area, with 19.9% of residents giving their time to a cause. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (28.4%) than in most areas, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is a little above the national average at 13.5%, while those caring for children (24.1%) are a little below the national rate.
13.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Tamborine Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32732/tamborine-mountain/topic/community