13.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullingar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mullingar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.6% of people in Mullingar provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While this level of family care is high, other forms of community contribution and service are more in line with typical Australian patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is 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.
While childcare is very common here, other unpaid work is much lower than most areas; only 7.4% of people provide general unpaid care, and 17.2% do 15 or more hours of housework.
7.4% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Defence service is common at a typical rate, with 2.8% of residents having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Mullingar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51050/mullingar/topic/community