16.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Maryvale involves a high level of unpaid work and service. While 16.1% of people volunteer, the area is most notable for having a much higher proportion of residents providing unpaid care and housework than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 15.5% providing unpaid care, both far above national levels. In contrast, the 15.8% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.5% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas, with 5.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Maryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31782/maryvale/topic/community