17.1% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marmong Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marmong Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained steady in Marmong Point, where residents are more likely to volunteer and provide care than people in other parts of the state. Roughly 17.1% of the community give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.8% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 26.9% caring for children and 24.6% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
16.8% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
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 average of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Marmong Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12508/marmong-point/topic/community