10.1% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mortlake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mortlake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Mortlake volunteer compared to other areas. Only 10.1% of people here give their time to volunteering, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.1% of people participating. This is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common than in other areas, as only 17.1% of people spend 15 or more hours on housework. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, while those providing general unpaid care sit a little below the Australian average at 9.7%.
9.7% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 2.7% of people in Mortlake have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.7%
Higher 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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12740/mortlake/topic/community