22.0% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Lofty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Lofty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Mount Lofty volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in most other areas. This spirit of giving is seen in high rates of local volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.3% of people looking after children—slightly higher than the national figure of 26.3%. Around 23.5% of residents also spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.9% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of residents having served.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Lofty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31984/mount-lofty/topic/community