12.2% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulambin · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mulambin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in unpaid childcare defines Mulambin, where 30.8% of people provide this support. This is well above the national figure, though the area sees fewer people volunteering for community groups than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 12.2% of people helping out. This figure has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common, with 30.8% of residents providing unpaid child care, a figure that rose 11 percentage points since 2011. In contrast, the 9.2% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.2% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 4.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Mulambin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315071/mulambin/topic/community