8.3% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulgoa · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mulgoa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.3% of people in Mulgoa volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is low, many residents are heavily involved in unpaid work at home. Nearly 30% of the population provides unpaid childcare, a rate much higher than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of people who volunteer is among the lowest for areas of this size, falling 1.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 8.3%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.2% of people providing this care, which is well above the state's 25.3%. Meanwhile, 22.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure that has risen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
The 1.7% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 83% of state electorate 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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10055/mulgoa/topic/community