12.4% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Mount Gravatt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Upper Mount Gravatt spend their spare time on unpaid work or community roles compared to other areas. Only 12.4% of people volunteer, a figure that is a little below the state and national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with just 12.4% of residents giving their time to community causes.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas; for example, only 20.7% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Similarly, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national average.
9.6% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure.
2.1%
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 Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/community