7.2% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minto · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minto
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.2% of people in Minto volunteer, a figure well below the national average. While formal volunteering is low, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 7.2% of people taking part. This is well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.6% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (19.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (11.0%) are both lower than most areas.
11.0% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Minto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12653/minto/topic/community