10.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Mackay than in other parts of the country, with only 16.1% doing so. This trend extends to other forms of community contribution, as the area sees much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon in the area, with the 7.3% who provide unpaid care and the 11.9% doing over 15 hours of housework both sitting well below the national figures.
7.3% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
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.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31724/mackay/topic/community