10.3% ▲ +240.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Menangle Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Menangle Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Menangle Park volunteer compared to other areas. While about 10.3% of people give their time to community groups, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas, at 17.8%.
14.1% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 share of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Menangle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12580/menangle-park/topic/community