15.3% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mummulgum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mummulgum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five residents in Mummulgum provide unpaid care, a rate well above the national figure. While this community is very active in supporting others at home, it sees lower levels of formal volunteering and defence service than many similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 21.2% of people doing so—well above the 11.9% national average. Around 25.9% of residents care for children unpaid, while 23.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
21.2% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Mummulgum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12847/mummulgum/topic/community