6.5% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Vernon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Vernon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Mount Vernon than in most similar areas. Only 6.5% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and defence service, are generally lower or around the average for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.5% of people taking part. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is quite common, as 25.7% of people do 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 24.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, and 11.1% provide other types of unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state average.
11.1% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas. Just 1.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12807/mount-vernon/topic/community