14.4% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glass House Mountains · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Glass House Mountains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community at Glass House Mountains compared to the rest of the state. While volunteering has dropped, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the rate was 24.8%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 29.7% of people providing unpaid childcare and 26% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both well above the national figures. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the state average at 12.8%.
12.8% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas. At 5.0%, this is a little above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
5.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre 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 Glass House Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315037/glass-house-mountains/topic/community