10.0% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Muswellbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Muswellbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in Muswellbrook volunteer, a figure well below the national average. While community volunteering is low, the area has a higher proportion of people caring for children unpaid. This reflects a community where home-based responsibilities are more common than formal volunteer roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a priority here, with 28.4% of people providing unpaid care for children, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Meanwhile, 10.5% of people provide general unpaid care, a rate a little below the Australian average.
10.5% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12879/muswellbrook/topic/community