14.1% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marsfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marsfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and defence service mark the community profile of Marsfield. While 14.1% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, other forms of community contribution are less common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, though the 14.1% rate is still a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.8% of people providing such support. This is a little below the national figure of 11.9%, and it is also slightly lower than the state rate for those caring for children unpaid.
9.8% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Only 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower 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 Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12516/marsfield/topic/community