16.8% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Gambier · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Gambier
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Mount Gambier provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the most common forms of community contribution in the area. While many residents are active in supporting others, the proportion of people volunteering for organisations has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but around the middle for similar areas. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when the volunteering rate was 26.2%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 26.5% of people providing this care, a figure that has risen since 2011. Meanwhile, those doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework fell to 21.6%, while the 13.1% who provide other unpaid care has barely changed.
13.1% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 relatively uncommon in Mount Gambier, with 3.0% of people having served, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian and national averages.
3.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL412003/mount-gambier/topic/community