13.7% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Margate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notably high proportion of Defence Force veterans live in Margate compared to the rest of the country. While many residents provide unpaid care for others, volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas. This mix of service and care defines how people contribute to their community here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Margate volunteer, a figure that is lower than most other areas and slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of residents providing care—a rate a little above the national figure. This happens alongside 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 20.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
13.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/community