11.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macdonald Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Macdonald Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Macdonald Park provide unpaid care, a rate well above the national figure. While this is a highly supportive community in terms of care and former defence service, it has a very low rate of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.5% of people providing care — well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. This includes 27.1% of people caring for children and 23.9% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
19.5% ▲ +130.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 here than in most areas, with 4.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Macdonald Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40800/macdonald-park/topic/community