19.5% ▼ -45.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McKenzie Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McKenzie Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in McKenzie Hill volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is common. This spirit of helping others is reflected in the high rates of unpaid care and housework, which are well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.4% of people caring for children and 26.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Additionally, 14.5% of residents provide unpaid care, slightly higher than the 11.9% across Australia.
14.5% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 McKenzie Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21628/mckenzie-hill/topic/community