10.3% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miranda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miranda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Miranda volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to most similar areas. While 10.3% of residents volunteer, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and housework, also sit lower than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people in Miranda volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 13% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 26.1%. However, those providing other forms of unpaid care (10.2%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.9%) are both lower than in most other areas.
10.2% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Force service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Miranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12656/miranda/topic/community