15.4% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Magenta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Magenta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of military service define Magenta compared to similar areas. While 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, the area sees lower levels of volunteering and childcare than other communities. This creates a distinct profile where formal service is more common than local unpaid volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas. However, this figure is still a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid childcare here, with 18.0% doing so—well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.4% ▲ +95.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 striking 5.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Magenta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12450/magenta/topic/community