17.6% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes Water - Miriam Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Agnes Water - Miriam Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 17.6% of people in Agnes Water - Miriam Vale volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit sits alongside a notable presence of former Defence Force members. However, the proportion of people volunteering has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most similar areas, with 17.6% of residents helping out, comfortably beating the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the rest of the country, at 17.8%. In contrast, a high 27.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.3% —
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 4.6% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051530/agnes-water-miriam-vale/topic/community