6.2% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mimili · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mimili
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 67.5% of people in Mimili provide unpaid care for children, a figure far above the national average. While child care is a major focus, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.2% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common at 67.5%, far above the South Australian rate of 26.5%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 23.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 12.4% providing general unpaid care.
12.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
67.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 rate that is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
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 Mimili [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40881/mimili/topic/community