10.5% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirrabooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Mirrabooka than in most similar areas. While 15.3% of residents give this support, only 10.5% of the community volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing it—well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. Around 26% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 20.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12658/mirrabooka/topic/community