16.0% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mallowa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mallowa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mallowa has shifted over the years, though current figures show a strong spirit of volunteering. About 16% of the population give their time to help others, which is higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16% of residents helping out. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much less common than in most areas. Only 3.7% of people provide unpaid care, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (16%) is well below the national figure.
3.7% ▼ -54.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -54.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Mallowa has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national average 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 Mallowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12469/mallowa/topic/community