29.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minbun · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minbun
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Minbun give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community contribution is a huge part of daily life. This spirit of helping out is matched by a very high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 30% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national and state figures of 14.1%. This level of participation is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 34% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 27.7% provide unpaid childcare, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the national average at 10.6%.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 14.3% of people having served. This is far above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for areas of this size.
14.3%
Higher 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 Minbun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31850/minbun/topic/community