20.4% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mungindi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mungindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to volunteering in Mungindi than in most similar areas. About 20.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong community spirit is a standout feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.4% of people helping out, well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, including those looking after children (19.7%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.5%), both of which are well below national figures. Overall, 10.3% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.3% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
Defence service is slightly less common here than elsewhere, with 1.2% of people having served, a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Mungindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12854/mungindi/topic/community