13.0% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over a quarter of people in Mackay provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than both the state and national totals. This reflects a community where family care is common, even though other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are less frequent than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Mackay has fallen to 13.0%, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—slightly above the national figure—those providing other unpaid care are less common here than in most areas, at 10.4%. Housework levels are also lower than most areas, with 20.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week.
10.4% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 2.9% of people in Mackay have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34770/mackay/topic/community