9.6% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minto Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minto Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Minto Heights than in most similar areas, with only 9.6% of residents giving their time. While unpaid care and housework are common, the community has a lower rate of volunteering compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, the 12.2% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.2% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 than in most areas, with 1.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12654/minto-heights/topic/community