17.8% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulbring · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mulbring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Mulbring (L) have volunteered or cared for children since 2011, though levels of unpaid work remain high. While 17.8% of residents volunteer, this is still well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is marked by a high proportion of people providing unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 22.3% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside higher than usual rates of unpaid childcare (28.9%) and general unpaid care (15.1%), though the latter has risen since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 5.0% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 78% 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 Mulbring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122092/mulbring/topic/community