27.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Benson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Benson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Mount Benson volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where local participation is much higher than in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and 10 points higher than the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.6%, and general unpaid care is also a little below the usual rate. However, 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the Australian average.
10.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Benson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40936/mount-benson/topic/community