17.2% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moorooka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moorooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Moorooka have stepped up to volunteer than in previous years. Now, 17.2% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 17.2% of people volunteering, a figure that sits well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 26.6%, which is about the same as the national average. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.2% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Moorooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31910/moorooka/topic/community