15.1% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroochydore · State Electorate
Community Participation in Maroochydore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and providing unpaid childcare in Maroochydore compared to a decade ago. While 15.1% of the population currently volunteer, the number of people doing unpaid childcare has dropped significantly to 20.9%. This shift marks a general decline in community and home-based unpaid work since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Maroochydore volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. However, this is 3.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much lower than most areas, only 20.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, a fall of 4.1 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and housework and general unpaid care are also a little below state and national levels.
10.4% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
A much higher share of the population than in most areas has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Maroochydore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30050/maroochydore/topic/community