28.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullengandra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullengandra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong pillar of life in Mullengandra, where 28% of residents volunteer. This level of community spirit is far above the national figure and the New South Wales average. Most other aspects of unpaid work and service follow broader state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is slightly more common than the state average at 27%. However, far fewer people than in most other areas spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, at 19%.
12.0% ▲ +70.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Mullengandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12834/mullengandra/topic/community