34.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mairjimmy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mairjimmy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Mairjimmy volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.3% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, only 11.4% care for children unpaid—a rate far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Mairjimmy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12456/mairjimmy/topic/community