15.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manning Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manning Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 10% of people in Manning Point have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This is a place where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than those in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing it, well above the 11.9% national figure. While 25.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, only 8.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.1% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.7% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 10.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
10.1%
Higher than 96% 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 Manning Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12488/manning-point/topic/community