17.6% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Majors Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Majors Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Majors Creek, with a high number of residents stepping up to help others. The area stands out for its commitment to service, particularly with a very high rate of former Defence Force members and people volunteering in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 27.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This higher level of activity extends to unpaid care, with 14.1% of people providing care and 27.3% looking after children unpaid.
14.1% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Service to the country is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force, well above the state rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
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 Majors Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12461/majors-creek/topic/community