19.9% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Maryvale volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is well above the national average. This spirit of helping others extends to the home, where many residents provide unpaid care and support to their families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 33.3% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure much higher than most areas. This helps explain why 14.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
14.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 national figure 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 Maryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12527/maryvale/topic/community