17.3% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Gambier · Urban Area
Community Participation in Mount Gambier
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 5.5 percentage points since 2011 in Mount Gambier, though they remain high. Current figures show 17.3% of the population volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community that stays active despite a downward trend in participation over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Mount Gambier volunteer, a rate much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 26.7%, though this is 5.3 percentage points lower than in 2011. Meanwhile, the 13.2% of people providing general unpaid care has risen slightly since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 typical for this area, with 3.0% of people having served, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
3.0%
Lower than 59% of urban area 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 Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4002/mount-gambier/topic/community