5.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mowbray Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mowbray Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.7% of people in Mowbray Park provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care stands out in an area where other forms of community service and volunteering are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 13% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are common here, with 29.3% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid cleaning and chores weekly. However, only 4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than the national figure.
4.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, leaving the area a little below the national and state 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 Mowbray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12821/mowbray-park/topic/community