39.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mininera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mininera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 39% of people in Mininera volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39% of residents helping out, a figure far above both the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Mininera, where 51.2% of people care for children unpaid and 34.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, the 9.8% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the state average.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
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 Mininera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21695/mininera/topic/community