15.3% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moreton · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Moreton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Moreton has a stronger-than-average spirit of volunteering, though this has declined over the last decade. About 15.3% of residents give their time to others, which is higher than most areas across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 15.3% of people volunteer, this is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this participation has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 26.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Other forms of unpaid help are less common here, with the 10.9% who provide general unpaid care and 19.3% who do significant housework being lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 less common in Moreton than in other similar areas, with 2.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate 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 Moreton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED324/moreton/topic/community