14.0% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McConnel · State Electorate
Community Participation in McConnel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid care work stand out in McConnel compared to similar areas. While 14% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, the area has far fewer people performing unpaid childcare or housework than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in McConnel volunteer their time. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia, though it has fallen 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 12.5% of people caring for children unpaid and 10.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are far below the state and national averages and have both fallen significantly since 2011.
7.1% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.7% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 65% 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 McConnel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30052/mcconnel/topic/community