Unpaid Work/Volunteering Questions on volunteering and unpaid work were first included in the 2006 Census. Mosman has a higher proportion of volunteerism with 22.3% of residents aged 15 years and over volunteering for an organisation or group in the past 12 months, compared with Sydney at 14.8%.
Internet Connection Mosman households had a high level of broadband internet connection at 57.1% compared with 45% for Sydney.
People with a Disability Demographic data on people with a disability has to date been very limited. Questions were first included in the 2006 census on persons needing assistance with self care activities/body movement activities/communication and the reasons for this. Overall, 2.9% of Mosman’s population reported needing assistance with core activities, compared with 3.8% for Sydney. A larger percentage of persons aged 85 years and over reported needing assistance, with 312 (41.1% of this total age group) or 1.2% of total population compared to 0.7% for Sydney.
Religion and Cultural Diversity The major religious beliefs of Mosman residents were Christian at 64.8%; Buddhism at 1.5%; Judaism at 1.1%; and Hinduism at 0.5%. The number of people who indicated ‘No Religion’ was 19.2% and ‘Not Stated’ was 11.5%. Overseas born residents represented 7,832 or 29.9%, an increase of 0.2% of total population since 2001 (29%) and less than Sydney at 31.7%. The majority of Mosman’s overseas-born residents came from other English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom (2,638); New Zealand (800); United States of America (477) and South Africa (422) whereas Sydney is more diverse. Residents from non-English speaking backgrounds were 3,238 or 12.3% of the population, compared with 23.9% for Sydney. The main languages other than English spoken at home in Mosman were German at 236 (0.9%); Cantonese at 233 (0.9%); Japanese at 231 (0.9%); Italian at 218 (0.8%) and French at 189 (0.7%). There is a low proportion of people identifying as being from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent at 26 or 0.1% compared with 1.1% for Sydney. However, this is an increase of 8 from 18 identifying in 2001.
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