16.9% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Hardey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Hardey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support in Mount Hardey than in most similar areas. While volunteering is typical for the region, there is a very high rate of residents performing unpaid care and housework. This community also has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 19.2% of people providing care and 33.8% doing over 15 hours of housework—both far above the national figures. However, the 17.7% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.2% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.3% of people having served, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Hardey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51013/mount-hardey/topic/community