37.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moondooner · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moondooner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high 37.1% of people in Moondooner volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the region. This strong spirit of service is matched by a high number of veterans compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the national figure, with 37.1% of residents giving their time to others. This is 23 percentage points higher than the typical Queensland or Australian area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid care, with 0.0% caring for children or providing general unpaid care. Only 8.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.6% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 7.5% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% average for Australia.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Moondooner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31899/moondooner/topic/community