24.6% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirboo North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirboo North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Mirboo North volunteer their time, a rate far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and household roles. It is a place where local contribution is a common part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of residents pitching in. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 11 percentage points above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent here than in most areas, with 29.3% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure, while 28.5% provide unpaid childcare and 14.5% provide other forms of unpaid care.
14.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 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.
About 3.1% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is slightly higher than the 2% seen across Victoria and sits around the middle for similar areas.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21703/mirboo-north/topic/community