13.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Magnet · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mount Magnet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13% of people in Mount Magnet provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average. This low level of home-based care and housework is part of a broader trend of lower community and domestic participation across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have dropped since 2011 and now sit at 13.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few residents perform unpaid care roles, with only 13.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 7.7% providing unpaid care, both of which are well below the figures for Western Australia and the nation.
7.7% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
About 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) 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 Mount Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55810/mount-magnet/topic/community