40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.3%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitchell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitchell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in Mitchell volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 40% is among the highest for areas of this size, sitting 23 points higher than the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents balance work with family duties, as 40% provide unpaid childcare and 31.4% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are at 11.4%, which is lower than most areas.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the state average 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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40892/mitchell/topic/community