7.9% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mascot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mascot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Mascot take on unpaid roles compared to other Australian areas. Only 7.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where people are less likely to spend their spare time in unpaid care or community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.9% of people in Mascot volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 6.5% of residents provide unpaid care, and just 16.6% look after children unpaid, both of which are well below the national figures.
6.5% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.7% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 1.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Mascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12529/mascot/topic/community