34.0% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitta Mitta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitta Mitta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Mitta Mitta volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving their time, both through formal volunteering and by providing significant amounts of unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.0% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in the area, as 23.6% provide unpaid care and 34.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the state and national levels. Meanwhile, 25.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
23.6% ▲ +57.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.7%
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 the community reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure 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 Mitta Mitta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21711/mitta-mitta/topic/community