18.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 19% of people in Manly volunteer their time, which is a well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit contrasts with the area's relatively low rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.1% of people providing such support. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.3%) and those caring for children unpaid (22.3%) are well below national and state figures.
9.1% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12485/manly/topic/community