8.0% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McGraths Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McGraths Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in McGraths Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both state and national levels. This high level of family care stands in contrast to the local volunteering rate, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.0% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32.5% of people providing this care, well above the national 26.3%. Meanwhile, 24.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 10.4% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national figure.
10.4% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
About 2.7% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 McGraths Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12552/mcgraths-hill/topic/community