22.8% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maranoa · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Maranoa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 23% of people in Maranoa volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong level of community involvement defines local life, even though volunteering rates have dipped since 2011. Most residents contribute through unpaid work and care for others in their daily routines.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 22.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia, although it fell 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for others is much lower than in most areas at 9.9%, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 26.6% of people care for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
9.9% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 here than in most areas, with 2.4% of people having served. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) 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 Maranoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34860/maranoa/topic/community