17.5% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McKellar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McKellar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
In McKellar, unpaid carers is well above average and defence service is above average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
17.5% of people in McKellar volunteer, down 13.7% since 2011 — around the middle of the range (below the Australian Capital Territory average of 18.4% but above the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
15.5% of people in McKellar provide unpaid care to others, up 38.0% since 2011 — well above average (above both the Australian Capital Territory average of 12.0% and the national 11.9%). 29.0% of people in McKellar look after children without pay, down 5.6% since 2011, above average (above both the Australian Capital Territory average of 28.3% and the national 26.3%). 24.1% of people in McKellar do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, up 11.1% since 2011, around the middle of the range (above both the Australian Capital Territory average of 19.3% and the national 20.7%).
15.5% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
4.1% of people in McKellar have served in the Defence Force — above average (below the Australian Capital Territory average of 6.0% but above the national 2.8%).
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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).
More for McKellar
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in McKellar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80093/mckellar/topic/community