15.8% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mountain View · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mountain View
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 31% of people in Mountain View provide unpaid childcare. This creates a community profile where home-based care and housework are much more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are very common here, with 30.4% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid home duties weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while the 11.4% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
11.4% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
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 Mountain View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12819/mountain-view/topic/community