16.1% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulgoa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mulgoa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than usual rates of unpaid family work mark the community of Mulgoa (L). While 31.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the proportion of people volunteering for community groups has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 24.9% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.0% of people caring for children and 26.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the state average. Meanwhile, 11.4% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.4% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +58.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121084/mulgoa/topic/community