13.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mia Mia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mia Mia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Mia Mia provide unpaid care compared to similar areas, though many more handle significant housework. While 32% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid chores, only 8.2% provide general unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are far more common here than elsewhere, at 32%. In contrast, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid (13.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.2%) are both well below the state and national figures.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
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 Mia Mia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31817/mia-mia/topic/community