12.6% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moreton Bay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Moreton Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of former Defence Force members live in Moreton Bay, with 4.9% of the population having served. While many residents provide unpaid care for children, there has been a noticeable drop in the number of people volunteering for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common, with 29.0% of people doing so, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 12.7% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
About 4.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, placing Moreton Bay among the highest areas for this at its level. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.9%
Higher than 90% 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 Moreton Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35010/moreton-bay/topic/community