18.6% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Perry · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Perry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Mount Perry volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This local spirit of giving is a key part of the area, though there has been a sharp drop in people providing unpaid childcare since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and the rate has risen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare fell 30 points since 2011 to 19.1%, there has been a rise in those doing significant housework, with 27% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. Overall, unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 14.2%.
14.2% ▼ -46.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -61.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +199.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.4%, this is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national rate of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 82% 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 Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322088/mount-perry/topic/community