26.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitiamo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitiamo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Mitiamo volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution in the area, which is also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is 26.9%, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures of 26.3%, a much higher 31.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. Those providing other forms of unpaid care sit at 12.9%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 5.2% of people having served, well above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Mitiamo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21709/mitiamo/topic/community