13.1% ▼ -45.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullalyup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullalyup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Mullalyup spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a community where domestic duties and unpaid care are common, though formal volunteering is less frequent than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care—well above the state average—and 31.5% doing heavy housework. In contrast, the 14.6% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.8% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -44.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Mullalyup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51048/mullalyup/topic/community