29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Myall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Myall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Upper Myall and the rest of the country regarding community help, with 38.7% of people providing unpaid care. This is a place where residents are far more likely to volunteer and support others than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of residents in Upper Myall volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 41.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 38.7% providing unpaid care, both far above the state and national figures. In contrast, no one in the area reports caring for children unpaid.
38.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.9% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
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.
No one in Upper Myall has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Upper Myall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14057/upper-myall/topic/community