13.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have stepped up to provide unpaid care in Maryborough since the last census. While volunteering remains steady, the area now sees a much higher rate of people providing unpaid care than most similar places. This is a community where a significant number of residents support others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is a lower rate than most similar areas and almost identical to the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.1% of people providing support—a figure well above the national average. However, this is partly offset by the fact that only 20.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure.
15.1% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Maryborough than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31778/maryborough/topic/community