30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Hope · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Hope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Mount Hope volunteer their time, which is a far higher rate than seen across most of the country. This strong spirit of community service is the standout feature of the area, where 30.3% of residents give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 30.3%, the proportion of volunteers is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the share of people providing unpaid care is among the highest at 24.2%, this is quite different from the local rates of housework and childcare. Only 12.1% spend 15 or more hours on housework and 18.2% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below national and state figures.
24.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the state figure of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Hope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40949/mount-hope/topic/community