13.9% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough · State Electorate
Community Participation in Maryborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Maryborough provide unpaid care, with 14.8% helping others in their homes. This community is more likely than the national average to support people in need. While some areas struggle with these demands, the local level of care remains well above the figures seen across Queensland.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people in Maryborough volunteer, which is roughly the same as the state and national figures. This is a decline from 2011, when 18.4% of residents gave their time to volunteer work.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 25.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 20.8%.
14.8% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
More people in Maryborough have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 5.5%, this is a little above both the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30051/maryborough/topic/community