10.9% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Morgan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Morgan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.9% of people in Mount Morgan now volunteer, a sharp drop from 21.8% in 2011. This low level of community volunteering stands out as the main feature of local participation, falling well below both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, with only 10.9% of residents now giving their time. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in other areas, at 14.9%, which is a big drop from 2011. Meanwhile, 13.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that is a little above the national 11.9%.
13.4% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 4.9%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the Queensland and national figures.
4.9%
Higher than 77% 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 Mount Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315069/mount-morgan/topic/community