21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Marys Creek than in other areas, with 40.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This community is very active in helping others, showing high rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people manage unpaid duties, with 13% providing general care and 29% looking after children. The most striking figure is for housework, where 40.6% spend 15+ hours a week on chores, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 40.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Marys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31780/marys-creek/topic/community