23.2% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macclesfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, nearly a quarter of people in Macclesfield volunteer. This community is remarkably active, with high rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.2% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life in Macclesfield, where 28.8% do 15 or more hours of housework and 17.4% provide unpaid care, both figures being well above the national average. About 25.8% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
17.4% ▲ +87.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.8% of people having served, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Higher 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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21561/macclesfield/topic/community