18.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Mangrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Mangrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Lower Mangrove volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and helping others across several different roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.7% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 21.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Lower Mangrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12418/lower-mangrove/topic/community