15.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullewa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullewa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people provide unpaid care in Mullewa, though a higher-than-usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. This suggests a community where formal service is more common than unpaid domestic care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Rates of unpaid care are much lower than most areas, with only 8.8% of people providing care and 18.7% caring for children unpaid, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.8% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Mullewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51049/mullewa/topic/community