12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miga Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miga Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Miga Lake compared to the rest of the country. While 29.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, almost no one here provides unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.5% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Victorian and national figures of 26.3%. This is consistent with the fact that 0.0% of residents provide general unpaid care, which is among the lowest levels seen anywhere.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and slightly below the national 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 Miga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21680/miga-lake/topic/community