20.6% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullumbimby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullumbimby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Mullumbimby than in most other parts of the country. About 20.6% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community with a strong culture of unpaid contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.6% of people pitching in. This is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the region, with 12.5% of people providing care and 26.3% looking after children. About 22.5% of residents do more than 15 hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
12.5% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Around 1.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mullumbimby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12839/mullumbimby/topic/community