19.6% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Barker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Mount Barker contribute their time to others, with 31% providing unpaid childcare. This is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 26.3%. The area shows a strong pattern of community and family support across volunteering and care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.6%) volunteer here, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and a little above the South Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, 22% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.4% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 4% of the population having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40932/mount-barker/topic/community