13.1% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people provide unpaid care in West Mackay than in most other areas. While about 13% of residents volunteer, the most striking gap is in home-based work, where the proportion of people doing significant unpaid housework and childcare is well below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas and slightly below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most places. Only 23% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% national figure, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week are also much lower than most areas.
10.3% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the Queensland and Australian averages.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 West Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33038/west-mackay/topic/community