17.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Marsden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Mount Marsden than in most other areas. While 33.3% of residents spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid chores, others contribute through volunteering at rates well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very high at 33.3%, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children (19.6%) and those providing other unpaid care (9.8%) are both much lower than in most areas.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Marsden has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% national average and the 2.3% rate for New South Wales.
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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12787/mount-marsden/topic/community