21.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moa Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moa Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong part of life on Moa Island. The area is defined by a high level of local contribution, with 21.5% of people volunteering, which is well above the national figure. Residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid childcare than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 36.9%, far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, only 7.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
10.7% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.9% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.4% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 a prominent part of the community. About 7.0% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national rate of 2.8%.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Moa Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31868/moa-island/topic/community