21.7% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maianbar · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Maianbar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Maianbar volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 29.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 24.6% provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as the state average.
12.2% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
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 a little more common here than across Australia, with 3.8% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Maianbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121070/maianbar/topic/community