15.4% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manning Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Manning Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people serve in the Defence Force in Manning Point than in the rest of the state. While 10.4% of residents have served, the area sees fewer people volunteering than similar places, with that figure falling to 15.4% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is lower than most similar areas and has dropped 8.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.4% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 26.2% do a lot of unpaid housework, only 8.9% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.9% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 10.4%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
10.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Manning Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122082/manning-point/topic/community