12.2% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moranbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moranbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Moranbah compared to most similar areas. While 12.2% of residents give their time to others, the town sees a much higher proportion of people providing unpaid childcare than the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of the community volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 32.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. However, the town is much lower than most areas for other forms of help, with only 5.5% providing unpaid care and 15.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
5.5% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of people having served. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31912/moranbah/topic/community