20.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mawson · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Mawson give their time to volunteering, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This strong spirit of helping out extends into the home, where residents take on significantly more unpaid care and housework than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, as 25.9% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 13.9% provide unpaid care, a rate much higher than most other areas.
13.9% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 72% of state electorate 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/sed/SED40030/mawson/topic/community