11.6% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mardi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mardi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering mark Mardi compared to most similar areas. While only 11.6% of people volunteer, the community is very active in the home, with a high number of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, as 14.1% of people provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas. This is driven by the 29.7% of people who care for children unpaid, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.1% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 2.6% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality 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 Mardi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12498/mardi/topic/community