8.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount David · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount David
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid work and volunteering shape daily life in Mount David. Only 8.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Mount David are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.5% of people providing care. This is consistent with the fact that those caring for children unpaid are far below the Australian average, at just 10.9%.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
No one in Mount David has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 David [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12765/mount-david/topic/community