11.2% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroubra · State Electorate
Community Participation in Maroubra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering mark Maroubra compared to other areas, with only 11.2% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average. Overall, people here are less likely to participate in unpaid community or home-based work than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people in Maroubra volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen 6.3 percentage points since 2011, when it sat at 17.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 11.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that is lower than most areas. While it is about the same as the New South Wales average, more people have taken on unpaid child care and housework since 2011.
11.1% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▲ +39.2%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population. This is much lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for the state and the nation.
1.9%
Lower than 78% of state electorate 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 Maroubra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10051/maroubra/topic/community