15.0% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minyama · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minyama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual share of veterans defines the community spirit in Minyama. While 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, other forms of community help and unpaid care are less common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much lower than the national figure at 21%, though a higher-than-average 25.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
10.8% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
The 4.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most areas and a little above the national figure.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Minyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31858/minyama/topic/community