31.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtle Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrtle Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a defining feature of Myrtle Park, where people are far more likely to give their time to others than in most of the country. A striking 31.6% of residents volunteer, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.6% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% average for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people perform unpaid work at home, including 42.1% who care for children and 34.2% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the national average. However, the 7.9% who provide other types of unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
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 Myrtle Park has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% recorded across 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 Myrtle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12892/myrtle-park/topic/community