30.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mingbool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mingbool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Mingbool volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement is much higher than most similar areas. The area also sees a high proportion of residents taking on unpaid duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.3% of people caring for children and the same amount spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the national average. However, the 8.1% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most other areas.
8.1% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Mingbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40885/mingbool/topic/community