17.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitcham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Mitcham provide unpaid child care, which is well above both the state and national figures. This high level of family support is matched by a strong spirit of giving, with many residents volunteering their time. It is a place where a significant portion of the population contributes to their community and home without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for 13.8% of residents, a rate higher than most areas. This is driven largely by child care, with 29.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
13.8% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits about the same as the Victorian average of 2.0%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21706/mitcham/topic/community