19.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroochy River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maroochy River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people volunteer their time in Maroochy River, a rate well above the national figure. This community is very active in providing unpaid support to others, with high levels of both childcare and general caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care—much higher than most areas. This is alongside higher-than-average rates of unpaid housework (26.2%) and childcare (28.6%).
15.4% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with 1.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Maroochy River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31771/maroochy-river/topic/community