14.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Sheridan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Sheridan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Mount Sheridan provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care defines much of the community's unpaid work, though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much higher than most areas at 30.8%, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.3%) and those providing general unpaid care (11.8%) are both lower than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Sheridan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32020/mount-sheridan/topic/community