24.6% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Barker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer here than in most other areas, making Mount Barker a standout for community involvement. About 24.6% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Mount Barker, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do heavy housework here than in most areas, with 26.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. However, the 21.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.4% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51004/mount-barker/topic/community