13.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mudgeeraba · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mudgeeraba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Mudgeeraba provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is the standout feature of how residents contribute to their community, even as other forms of volunteering have dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 17% of people in the area were volunteers.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 29.9% of people helping out, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. A little more than one in five people (21.7%) do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, while 11.3% provide other types of unpaid care.
11.3% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Around 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national rate, though a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Mudgeeraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30059/mudgeeraba/topic/community