12.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount White · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount White
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of community involvement mark Mount White, where few residents engage in volunteering or unpaid childcare compared to other areas. Only 12.6% of people volunteer their time, and the number of residents providing unpaid childcare is among the lowest for its area type.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.6% of people in Mount White volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very uncommon here, with only 11.9% of people providing it—far below the 26.3% national average. While 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, only 20.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 than in most similar areas, with 2.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 White [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12814/mount-white/topic/community