10.8% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macquarie Links · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macquarie Links
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than the national figure define Macquarie Links, where only 10.8% of people give their time to causes. While few residents volunteer, many are heavily involved in unpaid work at home. This creates a community profile where private care and household duties are more common than public service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.6% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 26.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, while 12.9% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.9% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Links [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12444/macquarie-links/topic/community