10.0% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Muswellbrook · Urban Area
Community Participation in Muswellbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Muswellbrook than in most similar areas, with only 10% of the community giving their time. While community service is low, the area sees a high rate of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Muswellbrook have fallen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011. This current figure is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the 10.5% of residents providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most similar places.
10.5% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 2.7% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 76% of urban area 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1023/muswellbrook/topic/community