39.7% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtleville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrtleville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Myrtleville volunteer, making it a place where locals contribute far more of their time to the community than people in other parts of the country. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.7% of residents giving their time. This is far 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.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, as 42.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with higher rates of people providing other unpaid care (16.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (27.4%).
16.4% ▲ +61.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.5% ▲ +43.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Myrtleville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12893/myrtleville/topic/community