13.3% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maloneys Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maloneys Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Maloneys Beach apart from most similar areas. While volunteering is common, the local community is particularly defined by its high number of former Defence Force members and people providing unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and stays roughly in line with the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.2% of people providing care—well above the same figure for Australia. This is a contrast to childcare, where the 21.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national rate of 26.3%.
15.2% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
A striking 6.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Maloneys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12470/maloneys-beach/topic/community