13.5% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miners Rest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miners Rest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 38.2% of people in Miners Rest provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While the area shows strong levels of family and home support, its general volunteer rates are lower than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing such support and 23.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. This is most evident in childcare, where the 38.2% rate is among the highest for its level.
13.8% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for Victoria and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21691/miners-rest/topic/community