35.8% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marthaguy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marthaguy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Marthaguy, where community involvement far exceeds the national norm. Around 35.8% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that stands well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.8% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common than in most areas, with 32.1% of people providing this care. However, only 13.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.3% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Marthaguy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12519/marthaguy/topic/community