20.8% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McMahons Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McMahons Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in McMahons Point are volunteering than in most other areas, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the state and national figures, reflecting a strong trend of community involvement in the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is 7.8 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, at just 15.4%. This is consistent with lower rates of unpaid housework and general caregiving in the area.
10.4% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 McMahons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12557/mcmahons-point/topic/community