17.8% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulla Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mulla Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local engagement in Mulla Creek has remained steady, with 17.8% of people volunteering their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also marked by a high number of people providing unpaid care for children and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Mulla Creek, where 32.9% of people care for children and 26.0% do over 15 hours of housework—both well above the national figures. However, only 5.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
5.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 high proportion of the community has a military background. People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.5% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Mulla Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12830/mulla-creek/topic/community