21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Knowles · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Knowles
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Mount Knowles, where a strong spirit of volunteering now defines the area. About 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. While few people here provide unpaid childcare, a high number of residents are dedicated to other forms of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are notably high in Mount Knowles at 21.9%, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.8%, but overall unpaid care is much higher than usual at 15.6%. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Knowles has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Knowles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12782/mount-knowles/topic/community