16.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mid-Western Regional · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mid-Western Regional
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people do unpaid housework in Mid-Western Regional compared to the state and national figures. While volunteering has dropped recently, 16.1% of residents still give their time to help others, which is well above the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the state, though the 16.1% rate is lower than in most similar areas and has fallen 5.1 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people spend their time on unpaid work, with 24.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 26.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure slightly above the state average.
11.9% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) 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 Mid-Western Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15270/mid-western-regional/topic/community