16.6% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Maryville provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is mirrored by a strong showing in other areas of community contribution. Residents are more likely to volunteer and serve in the military than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of the community volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of residents doing so, which is much higher than most areas. This is driven largely by childcare, as 30.7% of people care for children unpaid, though the 21.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework is lower than in most other areas.
15.3% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Maryville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12528/maryville/topic/community