15.5% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maclean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service defines daily life in Maclean, where a higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. While many locals contribute to the community through volunteering and unpaid care, significantly fewer people here provide unpaid childcare than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people in Maclean volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 19.3%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.5% of people provide general unpaid care and 23.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both slightly above the state and national averages.
13.5% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most other areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, a figure slightly above that of New South Wales.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12440/maclean/topic/community