13.6% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrawonga - Mulwala (Mulwala Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yarrawonga - Mulwala (Mulwala Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are caring for children unpaid in Yarrawonga - Mulwala (Mulwala Part) than in 2011, when 30.7% did so. Today, 22.1% provide this care, which is well below the national figure. Other forms of community involvement and service have remained more stable over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia, and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 11.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, 24.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This housework rate is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
11.7% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Around 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre 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 Yarrawonga - Mulwala (Mulwala Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113018/yarrawonga-mulwala/topic/community