15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maxwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maxwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Maxwell provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. This level of family care is a key feature of the local community, though other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are less common than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian averages, despite being lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many people look after children, only 9.9% provide general unpaid care and 18.3% do 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are much lower than in most areas.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Maxwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12537/maxwell/topic/community