8.1% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minchinbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minchinbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well below the national figure, only 8.1% of people in Minchinbury volunteer. This highlights a significant gap in community participation compared to other areas in the state and across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, with just 8.1% of residents giving their time, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas.
11.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 1.0% of the population having served, a little below the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
1.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Minchinbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12644/minchinbury/topic/community