8.4% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mays Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mays Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Mays Hill engage in unpaid community work compared to other similar areas. While many locals care for children, rates for general volunteering and other forms of unpaid care are notably low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.4% of people volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common, with 27.7% of people doing so unpaid, which is a little above the national figure. However, other forms of care are rare; only 7.6% provide general unpaid care and 18.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than most areas.
7.6% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Mays Hill, with only 0.3% of people having served, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.3%
Lower than 76% 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 Mays Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12548/mays-hill/topic/community