24.5% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macmasters Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macmasters Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Macmasters Beach volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and help within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of people giving their time. This is much higher than most other areas and sits far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents take on significant unpaid roles, with 16.6% providing unpaid care and 30.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. This includes 28.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Macmasters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12441/macmasters-beach/topic/community