15.9% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Ousley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Ousley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More residents in Mount Ousley take on unpaid care roles than in most similar areas. While 13.8% of the community provides unpaid care, those helping out with children are especially common at 28.5%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in the area, with 24.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national average. This aligns with the high number of people caring for children and others in the home.
13.8% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the rates across New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Ousley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12793/mount-ousley/topic/community