20.6% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ma Ma Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ma Ma Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Ma Ma Creek volunteer their time, making it a highly active place for community work. This spirit of service is seen across the board, from a high number of former Defence Force members to many people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 22.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. While far fewer people care for children compared to most areas, 29.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the state average.
22.2% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most places. About 7.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Ma Ma Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31713/ma-ma-creek/topic/community