12.8% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marrickville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marrickville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Marrickville spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to other areas. Only 12.8% of the population volunteer, while the number of people providing unpaid care is lower than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Marrickville are much lower than in most areas, sitting at 12.8%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 19.8% of people caring for children and 17.4% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures are well below the national average. General unpaid care is also lower than in most areas at 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Marrickville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12514/marrickville/topic/community