14.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mundingburra · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mundingburra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10% of people in Mundingburra have served in the Defence Force, a rate well above the national figure. While military service is common here, unpaid care and volunteering have generally declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and consistent with Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here do unpaid work compared to most areas, with only 17.3% spending 15 or more hours on housework. Unpaid childcare has also fallen to 23.5%, though the number of people providing other types of unpaid care rose slightly to 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
Defence service is very common in Mundingburra, where 9.3% of people have served. This is well above both the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
9.3%
Higher than 99% 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 Mundingburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30061/mundingburra/topic/community