12.4% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moorina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moorina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notable shift in community roles has occurred in Moorina, where 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas, while other forms of community contribution like volunteering remain lower than typical levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the state, unpaid care is otherwise common. About 14.6% provide general unpaid care, and 24.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the Queensland average.
14.6% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 in this area, with 5.9% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and a little above the Queensland figure.
5.9%
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 Moorina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31907/moorina/topic/community