8.5% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macquarie Fields · State Electorate
Community Participation in Macquarie Fields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 8.5% of people in Macquarie Fields volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This community sees a significant number of people providing unpaid childcare, though overall volunteer rates have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state figure of 13.0%. Since 2011, the share of people who volunteer has dropped by 6.7 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.8% of people helping out—a figure well above the national 26.3%. Meanwhile, 10.7% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little below the national rate.
10.7% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 85% of state electorate 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 Macquarie Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10048/macquarie-fields/topic/community