12.4% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macgregor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macgregor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of community activity than most similar areas define Macgregor. Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, and the rates of unpaid care and housework are consistently below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Macgregor are much lower than most areas, with 12.4% of people helping out, which is a little below the national and state figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas. The 20.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.8%) and providing general unpaid care (9.8%) are both a little below state levels.
9.8% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.6% of people having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Macgregor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31721/macgregor/topic/community