11.9% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mackay Harbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of former service members live in Mackay Harbour, where 4.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here than in most areas, other forms of community and unpaid work are much less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with 11.9% of people giving their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon in the area. Only 10.1% provide unpaid care and 17.9% do over 15 hours of housework, while those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 18.0%.
10.1% ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. The 4.4% of residents who served is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31725/mackay-harbour/topic/community