21.8% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maidenwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maidenwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Maidenwell volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is marked by a high level of civic and service-mindedness, particularly in unpaid work and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents giving their time, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national figure at 11.9%. Meanwhile, 24.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Queensland rate.
13.5% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.9% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 very high 11.1% of people in Maidenwell have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
11.1%
Higher than 98% 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 Maidenwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31734/maidenwell/topic/community