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Mount Macarthur · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Mount Macarthur

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

A third of people in Mount Macarthur volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local giving is a standout feature of daily life here, with 33.3% of residents pitching in to help others.

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📍 Mount Macarthur, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Macarthur sits — Volunteers

33.3% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Macarthur — higher than 89% of areas.

Mount Macarthur33.3%
4723, QLD 23.4%
Queensland 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the national and state figures of 14.1%.

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33.3% —

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While 28.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care. This is far below the 11.9% seen across Australia.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

Defence service is uncommon in the area, with 0.0% of people having served. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.

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 Mount Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31988/mount-macarthur/topic/community