14.4% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Majors Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Majors Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid housework and military service mark Majors Creek compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is typical for the region, the area stands out for the high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 29.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While more people provide general unpaid care here than in most areas, the rate of those caring for children is well below the state and national averages at 21.1%.
14.8% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 29.6%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national rate.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Majors Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31736/majors-creek/topic/community