11.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Menangle · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Menangle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force in Menangle (L) compared to most other areas. However, the community has seen a steady decline in local volunteering and unpaid care roles over the last decade. Only 11% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Menangle (L) have fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011. At 11%, this is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has dropped sharply since 2011, falling 25 percentage points to just 12.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure. Other forms of unpaid work have also declined, with 20.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.0% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -66.6%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.7% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121075/menangle/topic/community