56.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Sheridan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Sheridan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 56.5% of people volunteer in Mount Sheridan, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people across the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 56.5% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 39.1% of people care for children and 34.8% do over 15 hours of housework weekly—both far above the national figures. However, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 34.8%
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.
No one in Mount Sheridan has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% or 2.9%.
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 Mount Sheridan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51034/mount-sheridan/topic/community