12.6% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mackay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mackay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care define Mackay compared to most similar areas. While 27.9% of people provide unpaid child care, overall community participation in other forms of service is quite low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply in Mackay, with only 12.6% of people helping out. This is much lower than most areas and is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.9% of people provide unpaid child care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are much lower than in most other areas.
10.2% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Around 2.9% of people in Mackay have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311003/mackay/topic/community