22.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackenzie River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mackenzie River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines daily life in Mackenzie River, where 22.5% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and highlights a community that is much more active in supporting others than most areas across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While people providing unpaid care are among the highest in the country at 19.7%, far fewer people here care for children (22.5%) or do heavy housework (18.3%) compared to state and national trends.
19.7% ▲ +158.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31728/mackenzie-river/topic/community