37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malling · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malling
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Malling volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong trend of people taking on unpaid work and care within their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Malling, where 43.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 40.6% care for children. Both figures are far above the national averages. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the state figure.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 43.8%
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.
No one in Malling has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 3.9% for Queensland and a little below the own national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Malling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31740/malling/topic/community