6.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mayers Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mayers Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Mayers Flat, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. However, the community is heavily involved in unpaid work at home, with far more residents providing care and housework than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 36.7% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 18.4% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 36.7%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate 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 Mayers Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12539/mayers-flat/topic/community