21.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Manton do unpaid housework, highlighting a strong trend of home-based work in the area. This community shows much higher rates of volunteering and caregiving than the national average, with a particularly strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.0% of residents helping out. This is well above 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 very high in Manton; 34.6% of people care for children and another 34.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7% for housework, while 15.8% provide other forms of unpaid care.
15.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
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 much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.8% of people having served. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Manton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12491/manton/topic/community