13.2% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Julian · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Julian
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and caregiving mark Mount Julian (L) compared to similar areas. While some residents still contribute their time, the proportion of people providing unpaid care or volunteering has fallen since 2011. This shift is seen across several types of community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped since 2011, falling 6.9 percentage points to 13.2%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.9%, a drop of 9.4 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 23.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state average.
10.5% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 3.0% of the population involved. This is lower than in most similar areas, but about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Julian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322085/mount-julian/topic/community