50.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minimay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minimay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Minimay volunteer their time, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong commitment to home and family duties, with far more people providing unpaid care and housework than in the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out. This is far above the Victoria figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are high, as 31% of people care for children unpaid and 29.3% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figure. However, providing other types of unpaid care is slightly less common here than in most areas, at 10.3%.
10.3% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 Minimay has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Minimay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21694/minimay/topic/community