14.4% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Maryborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 15% of people in Maryborough provide unpaid care for others, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where many residents take on significant support roles at home. While volunteering has dipped slightly over the last decade, there is a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Maryborough volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a decrease from 2011, when 17.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 15.1% of people providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national averages at 20.2%.
15.1% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.3%, this is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
5.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/community