20.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marshall Mount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marshall Mount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid work have become much more common in Marshall Mount over the last decade. A striking 20.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in most other similar areas. This rate of 20.7% is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles at home, with 34.3% caring for children and 32.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national average. However, the 8.6% who provide other unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
8.6% ▼ -56.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
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.
About 2.2% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Marshall Mount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12517/marshall-mount/topic/community