20.5% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Burrell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Burrell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have grown significantly in Mount Burrell, with 20.5% of residents now giving their time to others. This is a high level of community involvement that sits well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—a higher than usual 27.9% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
9.0% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Burrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12760/mount-burrell/topic/community