22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtle Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrtle Mountain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 22.2% of people in Myrtle Mountain volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit extends to the home, where residents are far more likely to take on unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 22.2% of the population pitching in, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 31.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This trend is seen in other care roles too, with 17.5% of people providing unpaid care and 28.6% caring for children.
17.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Myrtle Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12891/myrtle-mountain/topic/community