26.8% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manobalai · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Manobalai, where nearly 27% of people give their time to others. This stands in stark contrast to the national figure of 14.1%.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.8% of people helping out, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
26.8% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 36.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid sit at 26.8%, which is about the same as the national average.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Manobalai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12490/manobalai/topic/community