19.9% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Pleasant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Mount Pleasant provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the state average. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid caregiving. These figures suggest a local culture focused heavily on family and community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very frequent, as 35.9% of people look after children unpaid, which is far above the state average. This trend extends to other chores, with 27.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 15% providing some form of unpaid care.
15.0% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12795/mount-pleasant/topic/community