18.3% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Keira · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Keira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a strong theme in Mount Keira, where unpaid work and volunteering are much more common than in most of Australia. Around 18.3% of residents volunteer, and a very high proportion of the community provides unpaid care for children and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people in Mount Keira volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 31.1% of people caring for children and 16.2% providing general unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas. Additionally, 28.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
16.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12779/mount-keira/topic/community