13.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of Defence Force veterans than in most similar areas live in East Mackay. While civic engagement is steady, fewer residents here spend their time on unpaid housework and care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people in East Mackay volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas, with only 16.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia; similarly, those providing unpaid care (9.1%) and caring for children (24%) are both below the national figures.
9.1% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 East Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30929/east-mackay/topic/community