15.7% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitchells Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitchells Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 28% of people in Mitchells Island spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This level of home activity stands out as the most common form of community contribution in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian averages, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of people provide unpaid care—about the same as the national figure—very few look after children unpaid, at just 13.0%, which is far below the state and national rates.
12.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Mitchells Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12663/mitchells-island/topic/community