13.4% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
North Mackay shows lower levels of community involvement than most similar areas. While a few figures sit around the state average, the area stands out for its higher proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.6% of people doing so. This is mirrored by the fact that 18.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure much lower than most other areas.
10.6% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 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.
Defence service is more common in North Mackay than in most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 North Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32179/north-mackay/topic/community