9.6% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morayfield · State Electorate
Community Participation in Morayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Morayfield involves a high level of unpaid service to others, though formal volunteering is rare. While 13.1% of people provide unpaid care, only 9.6% of the community volunteer. This low volunteer rate is much lower than most areas and has dropped sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of people in Morayfield volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community participation has fallen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is similar to the state and national figures. However, the number of people providing other types of unpaid care has risen to 13.1%, a little above the national average.
13.1% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 79% 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 Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30057/morayfield/topic/community