15.1% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Magnet · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Magnet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Mount Magnet (L) engage in unpaid care or volunteer work compared to most similar areas. Only 11.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that sits far below both the state and national averages. This reflects a broader trend of declining community participation and home-based care over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 26.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual, with only 13.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 8.6% providing general unpaid care. Childcare roles have also fallen since 2011, leaving only 11.4% of residents in this position.
8.6% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.4% ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common here than in the rest of the country, with 3.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
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 Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521033/mount-magnet/topic/community