25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macks Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macks Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Macks Creek give their time to volunteer, reflecting a strong local commitment to community work. This is far above the national figure, and it sits alongside very high rates of people providing unpaid care and housework in their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 62.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is seen alongside 29.2% of people providing unpaid care and 37.5% caring for children unpaid.
29.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
62.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 62.5%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
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 Macks Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21563/macks-creek/topic/community