20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McAlinden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McAlinden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 37.7% of people in McAlinden do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. This high level of home-based work sits alongside a strong culture of volunteering that is well above the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While a very high 37.7% of people do significant unpaid housework, the area has a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (18.9%) compared to the state. Notably, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 37.7%
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.
No one in McAlinden has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 McAlinden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50918/mcalinden/topic/community