11.4% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mabuiag Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mabuiag Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents on Mabuiag Island spend their time caring for others, though formal volunteering has dipped. About 34.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 to 11.4%. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures, and is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 34.9% of people care for children unpaid, very few residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, at just 3.6%, which is far below the national figure. Unpaid care for others is also well below the state and national rates at 6.0%.
6.0% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.6% ▼ -88.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
About 2.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland figure and much lower than most areas.
2.5%
Lower 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 Mabuiag Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322075/mabuiag-island/topic/community