20.8% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manangatang · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Manangatang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing trend of volunteering defines Manangatang, where 20.8% of people now give their time to help others. This level of community spirit has risen since 2011 and is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 18.5% of people providing support and 28.3% doing heavy housework—both figures are well above the state average. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen sharply since 2011 to just 14.5%, which is far below the national figure.
18.5% ▲ +51.7%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.9%
Higher than 77% 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 Manangatang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222048/manangatang/topic/community