9.4% ▼ -65.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Menangle Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Menangle Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.4% of people in Menangle Park (L) volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This community has seen a sharp decline in local participation, with volunteering and unpaid care all falling since 2011. These figures suggest a shift in how residents spend their spare time compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly to 9.4%, down 18 points since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has declined across the board, with people caring for children falling to 21.8% and those doing heavy housework dropping to 18.8%. Both figures are well below the national average, while 12.4% of people provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.4% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas.
1.8%
Lower than 88% 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122084/menangle-park/topic/community