13.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mutchilba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mutchilba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 27% of people in Mutchilba provide unpaid care for children, marking the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents handle childcare and housework, the area has a much lower rate of general volunteering compared to most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common at 26.8%, and 23% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure. However, only 7.6% provide other types of unpaid care, a rate well below the Australian average of 11.9%.
7.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 3.6% of the population, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Mutchilba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32092/mutchilba/topic/community