23.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malanda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malanda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Malanda give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community spirit is far more active than in most other areas. This high level of local engagement is a defining feature of daily life here, with a typical resident much more likely to volunteer than those in the wider state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, reaching 27.1%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care or caring for children are around the middle for its level, with 13.2% providing general care and 24.1% caring for children.
13.2% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 6.3% of residents being veterans.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Malanda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31737/malanda/topic/community