25.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Mount Hill are now active in their community than in previous years. A striking 25.6% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This creates a strong pattern of community contribution in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in four people volunteer here, a rate that is well above the Western Australian figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and other people is among the lowest in the country at 0.0%. However, 20.5% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Defence service is very common in Mount Hill, where 15.9% of people have served. This is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia and among the highest rates for this level.
15.9%
Higher 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 Mount Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51017/mount-hill/topic/community