14.5% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough · Urban Area
Community Participation in Maryborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Maryborough than in most similar areas, with 14.8% of residents stepping up to help others. While this reflects a strong commitment to care, the local rate of volunteering has dropped since 2011. The area also has a notably higher share of former Defence Force members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people in Maryborough volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is lower than in most similar areas and represents a 1.8 percentage point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care work is common here, with 14.8% of people providing care—a figure well above the state average. While fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of Australia, more residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.8% ▲ +131.9%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 5.0%, this is a little above both the Queensland and national figures.
5.0%
Higher than 87% of urban area 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/sua/3012/maryborough/topic/community