20.8% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Markwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Markwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in Markwell do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work and volunteering, with a strong focus on caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are very prominent in the area. This is seen in the 15.8% who provide unpaid care and the 30.8% who care for children unpaid, both of which are well above New South Wales figures.
15.8% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Markwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12503/markwell/topic/community