14.8% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mudgee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Mudgee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Mudgee provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the New South Wales average. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement, like volunteering, have seen a decline in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is high here at 29.3%, and 22.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 11.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
11.6% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Defence Force service is common to about 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103031072/mudgee/topic/community