19.6% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mystery Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mystery Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Mystery Bay has stayed strong, with nearly 20% of the population volunteering. While few residents provide unpaid care for children, a very high number of people spend significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is far below the national figure, with only 15.2% of people involved. However, 35.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
8.7% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 35.9%
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.
Military service is common in Mystery Bay, where 7.0% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Mystery Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12894/mystery-bay/topic/community