27.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Jagged · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Jagged
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Mount Jagged give their time to volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local engagement is mirrored in the numbers of people who provide unpaid care and support for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of residents helping out. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well above the national figure, with 31.1% of people providing this support. Around 24.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, though the 9.2% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
About 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Jagged [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40951/mount-jagged/topic/community