17.7% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manildra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manildra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Manildra do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure. This high level of home contribution sits alongside a strong local spirit, with more people volunteering here than in most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Manildra, with 17.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the own Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life here, with 12.1% of people providing care and 25.8% looking after children unpaid. Both figures are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.1% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other areas, with 1.4% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8% and slightly lower than the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Manildra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12483/manildra/topic/community