0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Mine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Mine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in The Mine compared to most similar areas. While very few residents participate in community volunteering, nearly 40% of the population provides some form of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, a figure that is far below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 39.1% of people providing support, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 26.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 13% who care for children unpaid is far below the Queensland average of 26.5%.
39.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 The Mine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32799/the-mine/topic/community