13.8% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Community Participation in Mount Isa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework set Mount Isa apart from the rest of the state. While child care is common, other forms of community support and service are less frequent here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Mount Isa volunteer, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, this is lower than most other areas and has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is very common, with 29.1% of people providing unpaid care for children, a little above the national figure. In contrast, unpaid care for others is among the lowest in the country at 7.2%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 17.5%.
7.2% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 less common here than in most areas. About 2.8% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average.
2.8%
Lower than 73% of urban area 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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/community