25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Central Macdonald · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Central Macdonald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Central Macdonald volunteer, a figure that has stayed very high compared to the rest of the country. This community shows a strong trend of giving their time to others, though few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 25% of residents pitching in. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 40.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—other types of care are less common. Only 6.8% provide unpaid care and 20.5% care for children, both of which are well below the Australian averages.
6.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 40.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% national figure and the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Central Macdonald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10874/central-macdonald/topic/community