17.6% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miepoll · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miepoll
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Miepoll help out in their community compared to the state average. About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This highlights a strong culture of unpaid contribution within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people pitching in. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.8% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—a figure well above the national average—only 20.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
11.8% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 service is less common than in most areas. Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Miepoll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21679/miepoll/topic/community