17.7% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackenzie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mackenzie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 39% of people in Mackenzie provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of family care is a standout feature for the area, though many residents also give their time to the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond the high rate of unpaid childcare, 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.1% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.1% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Mackenzie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31726/mackenzie/topic/community