13.6% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moolboolaman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moolboolaman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Moolboolaman compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is about the same as the national figure at 13.6%, a significant portion of the community provides unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 15.5% of residents provide unpaid care, well above the national figure, and 32.3% do over 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly. Conversely, the 18.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national averages.
15.5% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.6% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Moolboolaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31893/moolboolaman/topic/community