13.7% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroochydore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maroochydore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few changes have occurred in how people contribute to their community in Maroochydore since 2011. The area is marked by a much lower rate of unpaid childcare and housework than the national figures. About 13.7% of residents volunteer, which is a similar rate to that seen across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Maroochydore are lower than most similar areas, with 13.7% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 10.2% of people provide care, while just 17.4% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the 16.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Australian average.
10.2% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
More people in Maroochydore have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as Queensland's 3.9%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Maroochydore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31772/maroochydore/topic/community