13.0% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have been volunteering or doing unpaid housework in Mackay since 2011. While 27.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the number of local volunteers has fallen to 13.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Mackay are lower than most areas and have dropped by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in the rest of the country, though this fell to 27.8% since 2011. Meanwhile, 10.4% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
10.4% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) 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 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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 56% of sub-region (sa3) 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 residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.9%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/31202/mackay/topic/community