23.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marino · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marino
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Marino give their time to others, making it a place with high levels of community involvement. This spirit of helping out is seen in the high number of volunteers and those who provide unpaid care for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.3% of people pitching in, a figure well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of local life, as 31.6% of people care for children and 16.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas.
16.8% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having this experience.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Marino [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40829/marino/topic/community