23.2% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minnie Water · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minnie Water
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care and volunteering sets Minnie Water apart from the rest of the state. While 23.2% of residents volunteer—far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%—the area also sees a significant amount of unpaid work handled within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people here volunteer than in most other areas. At 23.2%, this is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is seen alongside a much higher rate of unpaid caregiving (17.3%) compared to the national average, though those caring for children unpaid (20.0%) are well below the state average.
17.3% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
About 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the New South Wales average.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Minnie Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12651/minnie-water/topic/community