21.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Pleasant · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Pleasant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shifting pattern of community effort has emerged in Mount Pleasant (L) since 2011. While a high 21.7% of residents still volunteer, this is down 7.5 percentage points from a decade ago. At the same time, there has been a rise in the number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering remains common here, with 21.7% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than in most areas at 15.8%, and the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has risen to 25.8% since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar places, with 5.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421027/mount-pleasant/topic/community