22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mornington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mornington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Mornington (WA) has remained strong, with a high number of people stepping up to help others. About 22% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This creates a community where people are far more likely to contribute to local causes than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22% of people pitching in. This is well above both the state figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, at just 7.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.3% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Western Australian rate of 2.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50999/mornington/topic/community