19.5% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mareeba - South · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mareeba - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant shift in how people contribute their time has occurred in Mareeba - South (L) since 2011. While volunteering has dropped, more people are now providing unpaid care. Currently, nearly one in five residents volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 19.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, though it has fallen 8.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 30.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with the high rate of unpaid care, as 16.3% of residents provide care, which is much higher than most areas.
16.3% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
About 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
3.6%
Higher than 51% 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 Mareeba - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321071/mareeba-south/topic/community