21.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirador · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirador
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over five times the national rate of Defence service is seen in Mirador, where 6.4% of people have served. This community is highly active, with a strong culture of volunteering and housework that sits well above typical figures for the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 24.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is similar to the state and national figures, 27.2% do 15 or more hours of housework. This last figure is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 much more common in Mirador than in most other areas. The 6.4% of residents who have served is well above both the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Mirador [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12655/mirador/topic/community