32.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullion · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Mullion volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is highly active in both unpaid work and service, with a significant number of residents having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; 32.5% of residents help out, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is far more common than in most areas, with 32.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of people caring for children unpaid (27.5%) compared to the national figure.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
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 served in the Defence Force, with 9.4% of people having done so. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and among the highest rates for areas of this size.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Mullion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12836/mullion/topic/community