13.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macquarie Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are now providing unpaid support in Macquarie Hills than in previous years. The most striking figure is that 36% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the New South Wales average. This makes the area stand out for the high amount of care work happening in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 36% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the 26.3% Australian average. This high level of family support is consistent with 15.1% of residents providing general unpaid care and 24.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Macquarie Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/community