24.0% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullumbimby Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullumbimby Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Mullumbimby Creek volunteer their time, a rate far above the state and national figures. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, both through formal volunteering and within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.0% of people helping out, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and well above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, with 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 28.2% caring for children. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.0%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
11.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 figures for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Mullumbimby Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12840/mullumbimby-creek/topic/community