13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Adrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Adrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in community and care work in Mount Adrah has shifted since 2011, with a particularly strong legacy of military service. While volunteering levels are typical for the country, the area stands out for its high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in Mount Adrah volunteer, which is a similar rate to the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and housework is much lower here than in most areas, but 13.6% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
A striking 12.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is far above the New South Wales figure and among the highest for similar areas.
12.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Mount Adrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12755/mount-adrah/topic/community