12.8% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moranbah · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moranbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 33.6% of people in Moranbah provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common here, other forms of community contribution and service are much lower than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has fallen by 9.4 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is far more common here than in most areas, yet those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (5.7%) are both well below the national figures.
5.7% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314017/moranbah/topic/community