15.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenmount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Greenmount is marked by a strong history of service, with a higher proportion of residents who served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While 15.9% of people volunteer, mirroring the state average, others contribute through significant unpaid care and housework roles within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people in Greenmount volunteer, which is lower than most areas but slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.5% of people providing care and 26.9% looking after children unpaid. These figures are around the middle for similar areas, though 21.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most areas.
13.5% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50585/greenmount/topic/community