28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Twelve Mile · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Twelve Mile
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Twelve Mile volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where very few people provide unpaid care or have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 28.6% of residents helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare in this area. No one reports providing unpaid care or caring for children, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week (14.3%) are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Twelve Mile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14005/twelve-mile/topic/community