14.3% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marburg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marburg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community of Marburg, where 15.5% of people provide unpaid care. This is well above the national figure. The area also has a stronger link to the military than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 26.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with high rates of other unpaid roles, including 29.2% of people caring for children.
15.5% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 little above the national figure, 5.8% of people in Marburg have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Marburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31760/marburg/topic/community