16.3% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marcoola · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marcoola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Marcoola has remained steady over the last decade, with a healthy mix of people giving their time to others. About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This spirit of service is balanced by a lower-than-average rate of people performing heavy unpaid care roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Marcoola, where 16.3% of people give their time. This is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer residents provide unpaid support here than in most other areas. This includes people caring for children (23.4%), those doing 15 or more hours of housework a week (18.9%), and general unpaid carers (11.0%), all of which are below state and national levels.
11.0% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 3.1%. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Marcoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31761/marcoola/topic/community