36.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 36.7%
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.
A striking 36.7% of people in Mayfield volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out against other local habits, as the area has much lower rates of unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for similar areas, with 36.7% of residents pitching in, which is 23 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 13.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
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, a result that is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12543/mayfield/topic/community