18.0% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Compass · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Compass
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are taking on unpaid roles in Mount Compass compared to national trends. While 18% of residents volunteer, the most striking figure is that over 30% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of the community volunteers, a figure that is a little above the South Australian rate and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.6% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 25.6% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is also well above the national average.
12.0% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40941/mount-compass/topic/community