9.2% ▼ -66.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mourilyan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mourilyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Mourilyan provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution. However, the area has seen a sharp drop in volunteering and a decrease in those doing significant housework since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a steep fall of 18 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.2% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—those doing 15 or more hours of housework have fallen to 18.2%. Unpaid childcare is handled by 24.0% of the community, a little below the Queensland average.
14.2% ▲ +94.2%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.0% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
5.0%
Higher than 78% 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 Mourilyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322089/mourilyan/topic/community