10.4% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mapoon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mapoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 44% of people in Mapoon (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This highlight of local community support contrasts with a sharp decline in other forms of volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 10.4% of people helping out. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 25.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 44% of people providing unpaid childcare is among the highest for this area type and far above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Meanwhile, 23.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 8.7% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
8.7% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.0% ▲ +135.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country, at 4.3%.
4.3%
Higher than 67% 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 Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322076/mapoon/topic/community