17.7% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirboo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirboo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Mirboo provide unpaid care, a rate much higher than most other areas. This community is very active in supporting others, with high levels of volunteering and a strong history of military service. The typical resident is more likely to contribute unpaid time to their neighbours and family than people across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life in Mirboo, where 19.5% of people provide care and 28.3% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid make up 23.9%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
19.5% ▲ +68.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Mirboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21702/mirboo/topic/community