39.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Great Mackerel Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Great Mackerel Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people volunteer their time in Great Mackerel Beach, a rate far above the national average. This suggests a community where residents are highly active in helping others, even though very few provide unpaid care for children or the elderly.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While almost no one provides unpaid care for the elderly or disabled, 37.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the state average. Only 10.4% care for children unpaid, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.4% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 more common here than in most areas. About 8.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Great Mackerel Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11751/great-mackerel-beach/topic/community