43.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miram · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miram
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 43.2% of people in Miram volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This community shows a very strong commitment to unpaid work, though it has a much lower rate of childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 43.2% of residents giving their time, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 24.3% of people providing care and 32.4% doing over 15 hours of housework, both far above national levels. In contrast, only 8.1% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
24.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.1% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
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 national figure 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 Miram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21701/miram/topic/community