4.3% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulgrave · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mulgrave
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.3% of people in Mulgrave volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in the very small number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales average of 13.0%. This puts the area among the lowest for volunteering across similar regions.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children and housework are much lower than most areas, the overall rate of people providing any unpaid care is 13.0%, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 residents in the area have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
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 Mulgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12826/mulgrave/topic/community