19.9% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Margate · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Margate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Margate involves a high level of helping others, with nearly 20% of people volunteering. This community is particularly active in unpaid care and service, with figures that often sit well above national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This rate has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 36.9% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide other unpaid care, and 24.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.8% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.9% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Margate have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served. This is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.1%
Higher than 63% 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615014/margate/topic/community