22.3% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Mitcham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Lower Mitcham than in most other areas. Around 22.3% of the population volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people across the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents take on a lot of unpaid work, with 18.1% providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 33.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 26.6% doing over 15 hours of housework a week, both well above national figures.
18.1% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 3.7%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Lower Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40788/lower-mitcham/topic/community