6.6% ▼ -68.2%
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McMahon · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in McMahon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteering marks McMahon, where only 6.6% of people give their time to a cause. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, reflecting a sharp decline in community participation over the last decade. The area also sees fewer people providing unpaid childcare and housework compared to most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply in McMahon, dropping 14 points since 2011 to just 6.6%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (22.4%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (18.3%) than in most areas, and both figures have fallen since 2011. However, the 11.4% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
11.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with only 0.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate 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 McMahon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED128/mcmahon/topic/community