18.6% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullaway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullaway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Mullaway volunteer their time, reflecting a community that is more active in local service than the national average. This spirit of helping others is matched by high rates of family support, with many residents providing unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is a big part of life in Mullaway, where 30.1% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 23.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, slightly more than the state average.
12.1% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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).
More for Mullaway
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mullaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12833/mullaway/topic/community