32.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mayrung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mayrung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Mayrung and the rest of the state when it comes to giving back, with 32.5% of people volunteering. This makes Mayrung a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very high here, with 32.5% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than most areas at 30.8%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, though those doing over 15 hours of housework each week are a little below the state average.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Mayrung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12547/mayrung/topic/community