20.8% ▲ +49.6%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Torrens · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Torrens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people contribute to their community in Mount Torrens compared to the rest of the country. More than one in five residents volunteer, and the area sees far more unpaid caregiving than is typical across South Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen to 20.8% since 2011, a figure that is well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 32.4% of people caring for children and 15.4% providing other unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas. Additionally, 26.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the South Australian figure.
15.4% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 5.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422032/mount-torrens/topic/community