16.7% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Russell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Russell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in Mount Russell give their time as volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though it has a much lower rate of people caring for children than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas but is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 18.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below both the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 22.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 10.8% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national rate.
10.8% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.9% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Russell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12801/mount-russell/topic/community