15.8% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Vincent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Vincent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Mount Vincent have taken on unpaid care roles since 2011. This is a community where nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the New South Wales and national figures, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with 15.8% of the community providing other types of unpaid care, a rate much higher than most areas.
15.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 3.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
3.7%
Higher 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 Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12810/mount-vincent/topic/community