26.6% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maleny · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Maleny
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Maleny, where over a quarter of the population volunteers. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and has grown steadily over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.6% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This involvement has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, a much higher proportion—29.5%—do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Unpaid care for others is also more common here than in most areas, at 14.6%.
14.6% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Military service is more common in Maleny than in most similar areas, with 5.2% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315057/maleny/topic/community