16.7% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Gambier · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Gambier
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Mount Gambier sits right in the middle of the pack compared to similar areas for how people pitch in and help out. Roughly 16.7% of the community volunteer their time, a figure that is slightly higher than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and similar to the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 26.1% of people doing so, which is about the same as the national rate. Around 13.1% of the community provide some form of unpaid care, a little above the Australian figure of 11.9%.
13.1% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40947/mount-gambier/topic/community