8.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marsden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists between Marsden and the rest of the country in community involvement, with only 8.3% of people volunteering. While few residents give their time to organisations, a higher than usual number of people here provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 8.3%, the proportion of volunteers in Marsden is well below the national figure of 14.1% and is among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 30.1% of people providing it, which is well above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Conversely, those doing 15 or more hours of housework at 16.6% is much lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
About 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most areas.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31775/marsden/topic/community