34.5% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minnipa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minnipa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of residents in Minnipa volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, though it has much lower rates of unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.5% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most places, with only 7.9% of people providing unpaid care. This includes a lower proportion of people caring for children unpaid at 21.6% compared to the national figure of 26.3%.
7.9% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Minnipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40887/minnipa/topic/community