24.9% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Osmond · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Osmond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Mount Osmond volunteer compared to the rest of the country. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to others, making the area stand out for its high level of community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.9% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is also well above the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work, with 29.4% caring for children and 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. However, 11.8% providing general unpaid care is a little below the state average.
11.8% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Osmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40959/mount-osmond/topic/community