18.3% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Larcom · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Larcom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 15.2% of people provide unpaid care in Mount Larcom, which is much higher than most similar areas. While volunteering is common here, the number of residents providing unpaid childcare has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%. This is a slight decrease from 2011, when the rate was 20.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure of 26.3%, sitting at just 14.7%. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure at 23.9%.
15.2% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.6% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 72% 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 Larcom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322086/mount-larcom/topic/community