25.1% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McCracken · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McCracken
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in McCracken than in other parts of the country. About one in four residents give their time to help others, which is well above the state and national figures. This community shows a strong pattern of giving back through both formal volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.1% of people helping out. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above South Australia's 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent in McCracken, where 16.7% of people provide care and 27.8% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is 20.9%, which is well below the state and national averages.
16.7% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
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 much more common here than in most areas. About 5.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 McCracken [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40849/mccracken/topic/community