15.9% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manilla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have served in the Defence Force in Manilla than in most similar areas. While 3.8% of the population are veterans, the town also shows a higher rate of volunteering than the national figure. These figures reflect a community with a strong history of service and civic contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above both the own state and national figures. This is lower than the rate seen in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.2%. However, 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care and 22.3% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are a little above the state and national averages.
12.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
The local presence of veterans is higher than most similar areas, with 3.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Manilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12484/manilla/topic/community