12.1% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marulan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marulan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Marulan provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the New South Wales average. While many residents support their families through home care and child rearing, fewer locals spend their spare time volunteering compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Marulan volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.3% of people doing so, which is well above the state average of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 23% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure slightly above the national average.
10.9% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
About 2.5% of the population in Marulan have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Marulan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12523/marulan/topic/community