31.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Mitre give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of service stands in contrast to other forms of unpaid work, which are generally much less frequent here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 31.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 6.6% of people providing unpaid care, well below the national figure of 11.9%. This trend extends to housework and childcare, both of which are well below state and national levels.
6.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Mitre has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian rate 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 Mitre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21710/mitre/topic/community