21.6% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Martindale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Martindale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 30% of people in Martindale do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is much higher than most other areas. This community is highly active in both the home and the wider public, with very high rates of volunteering and childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of residents helping out, a figure well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is a major part of life for many, as 28.8% care for children unpaid and 29.5% spend significant time on housework, both of which are well above national figures. However, 10.8% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.8% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Martindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12520/martindale/topic/community