14.7% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of unpaid care define Maryborough (Vic.) compared to most similar areas. While a small number of people volunteer, many residents provide essential support to others through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most similar areas, with 14.3% doing so. While 23.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the state figure—the share of people caring for children is well below the national rate at 20.1%.
14.3% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.5% having served, which is a little above the Victorian average.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/community