10.9% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mortdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mortdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Mortdale volunteer their time, with only 10.9% doing so. This is a low rate compared to most other areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common for 24.8% of residents, which is about the same as the state figure. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is lower than most areas.
10.9% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.6% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Mortdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12739/mortdale/topic/community