17.4% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough - Pyrenees · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Maryborough - Pyrenees
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people contribute to their community in Maryborough - Pyrenees than in most similar areas. Around 17.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is seen across various roles, from formal volunteering to providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. However, this rate has fallen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is among the highest for areas of this type, with 14.8% of people helping others. This includes 25.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%, though much fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
14.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Maryborough - Pyrenees [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20103/maryborough-pyrenees/topic/community