15.2% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Memerambi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Memerambi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than usual rates of unpaid care define the community profile of Memerambi. While volunteering is less common here than in similar areas, 17.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, with 17.9% of people providing care—well above the national figure. This includes 27.6% who care for children, though the 19.8% who do heavy housework is much lower than in most areas.
17.9% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Memerambi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31802/memerambi/topic/community