13.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mawson Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mawson Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Mawson Lakes provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most other areas. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community involvement like volunteering and general unpaid care are much lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 28.5%, but other forms of help are rare. Those providing general unpaid care (9.5%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.5%) are both well below the figures for South Australia.
9.5% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
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 Mawson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40844/mawson-lakes/topic/community