12.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 24% of people in Mayfield provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents support their families, the area has a lower rate of volunteering and housework than typical Australian neighbourhoods.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is uncommon here; only 17.6% of people do 15 or more hours a week, a figure well below the national average of 20.7%. This trend is mirrored in unpaid care, where 11.6% of people provide support, which is lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
A higher than usual 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12540/mayfield/topic/community