10.3% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirani · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirani
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mirani has shifted over the last decade, though it remains lower than in many other areas. Only 10.3% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While unpaid care for children is common, other forms of community and care work are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 10.3%, the rate is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a little more common here than across Australia, with 27.8% of people providing this care. However, the 7.9% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
7.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 around the middle for similar areas. At 2.1%, this is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Mirani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31859/mirani/topic/community