15.2% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manilla · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Manilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up for unpaid work in Manilla over the last decade, with volunteering falling by nearly 8 percentage points since 2011. While 15.2% of residents now volunteer, which is a little above the national figure, the area has seen a general decline in community and household contributions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas. While 15.2% of people volunteer—a little above the 14.1% national figure—this is a significant drop from 23.1% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 19.9%. People doing 15 or more hours of housework also fell to 21.6%, though this remains about the same as the state and national figures.
13.2% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 slightly more common here than elsewhere, with 3.9% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Manilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115102/manilla/topic/community