19.2% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Compass · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Compass
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement mark Mount Compass, where 19.2% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the number of volunteers has dropped from 27.3% in 2011. The area also sees more people providing unpaid support to others than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 24.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, and 12.7% providing general unpaid care.
12.7% ▲ +42.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415031/mount-compass/topic/community