24.1% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Nebo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Nebo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are pitching in through volunteering and care work in Mount Nebo than in previous years. About one quarter of residents now volunteer, a figure that has climbed steadily since 2011. This local spirit of contribution is much higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than across Australia, with 24.1% of people helping out. This rate has risen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, as 15.4% of people provide unpaid care and 31.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, though the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 23.0%.
15.4% ▲ +142.9%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322087/mount-nebo/topic/community