19.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mawson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times the national average of residents have served in the Defence Force in Mawson, where 5.3% of people are veterans. This area shows a strong commitment to community and country, with volunteering rates well above the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little above the national average, 13.5% of residents provide unpaid care, while 27.5% care for children unpaid. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than in most areas.
13.5% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 common here, with 5.3% of people having served. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.3%
Higher than 84% 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 Mawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80092/mawson/topic/community