14.0% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maroota
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Maroota do heavy housework compared to the rest of the country. This area shows a strong trend of unpaid work at home, with 36.2% of residents spending 15 hours or more each week on these tasks.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is common in Maroota; 27.6% care for children and 13.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are a little above the state and national figures.
13.4% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.2% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 36.2%
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.
Defence service is seen in 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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 Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12510/maroota/topic/community