14.4% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maraylya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maraylya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 31% of people in Maraylya provide unpaid childcare, a figure that stands well above the national average. This highlights a strong trend of family-based support and home-based care within the area. While other forms of community contribution exist, the scale of unpaid care is the most striking feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.6% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This sits alongside high rates of unpaid care, with 13.8% of the population providing such support.
13.8% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Maraylya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12494/maraylya/topic/community