8.9% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morayfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.9% of people in Morayfield volunteer, a figure well below the national average. While the area has a high proportion of former Defence Force members, it sees much lower levels of community volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.9% of residents pitching in. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care for children (28.4%) than in most areas. About 13% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.0% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31913/morayfield/topic/community