16.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullion Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullion Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Mullion Creek do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is much higher than most areas. This reflects a community with high levels of unpaid work at home and a strong volunteering spirit.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.8% of people caring for children and 30.2% doing significant housework; both figures are well above the national average. However, 11.2% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.2% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12837/mullion-creek/topic/community