16.2% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Pleasant - Glenella · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Mount Pleasant - Glenella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Mount Pleasant - Glenella volunteer and provide unpaid childcare than in most similar areas. While 16.2% of residents give their time to volunteering, nearly 31% are involved in unpaid childcare. This highlights a strong trend of community and family support across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 18.3% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.7% of people providing care, a figure well above the 26.3% national average. Meanwhile, 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.1% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.9% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Pleasant - Glenella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021348/mount-pleasant-glenella/topic/community