11.6% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marks Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marks Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people in Marks Point provide unpaid care and have served in the military. While 13.8% of the population provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most similar areas—volunteering levels are notably low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. This includes 27.1% of residents caring for children and 23.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both slightly above the state average.
13.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Marks Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12502/marks-point/topic/community