15.4% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mansfield · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mansfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Mansfield since 2011, but more are now caring for children. This community is defined by a high rate of unpaid childcare, with nearly 30% of residents providing this support—a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 21.2% of people in the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 29.9% of people doing so unpaid, which is much higher than most other areas. Meanwhile, 20.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.4% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 73% of state electorate 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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30049/mansfield/topic/community