22.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Macarthur · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Macarthur
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 22% of people in Macarthur volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though it has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 17.8%, other forms of support are high. More people provide general unpaid care than the national figure, and 32.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the Victorian average.
16.1% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
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.
Military service is more common in Macarthur than in most areas. About 5.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.0% across Victoria.
5.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre 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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222047/macarthur/topic/community