15.3% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Pleasant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mount Pleasant has shifted over the last decade, with 15.3% of residents now volunteering. This is a little above the national figure, though it remains lower than most similar areas. The area is marked by a strong contribution to unpaid care, which is much higher than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, at 15.4%, which is well above the Australian figure. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national rate, at 22.6%.
15.4% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21807/mount-pleasant/topic/community