27.8% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marlee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marlee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Marlee than in most similar areas. Around 28% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This strong community spirit is paired with a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of people pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the rest of the country.
11.7% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 6.7%, which is well above the national average of 2.8% and much higher than most similar areas.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Marlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12504/marlee/topic/community