16.5% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manly West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manly West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are now stepping up to support others in Manly West, especially those caring for children. This community's engagement is reflected in a high proportion of unpaid caregivers and a strong presence of former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 31.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with a slightly higher than usual 13.4% of residents who provide some form of unpaid care.
13.4% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Manly West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31749/manly-west/topic/community