20.1% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mia Mia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mia Mia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of community spirit defines Mia Mia, where roughly one in five people volunteer. This level of engagement is well above the national figure and makes the area stand out for its active residents.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.1% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid care at 17.3%, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. However, the 21.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% recorded for both Victoria and Australia.
17.3% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 1.7% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as Victoria's 2.0%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Mia Mia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21674/mia-mia/topic/community