12.3% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marulan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Marulan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap in childcare exists in Marulan (L), where 30.9% of people provide unpaid care for children. This is well above the national figure and marks the most striking part of how locals contribute to their community. While family support is high, other forms of community work have declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen sharply since 2011, when 23.6% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, rising to 30.9% since 2011. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 10.6%.
10.6% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
About 3.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.3%
Lower 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 Marulan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121072/marulan/topic/community