20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morgan Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morgan Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Morgan Park compared to most similar areas. A fifth of the population volunteers their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20% of people pitching in, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 15% of people helping out. While 27.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, only 11.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and lower than most other areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Morgan Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31918/morgan-park/topic/community