23.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mira Mar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mira Mar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Mira Mar volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the share of those caring for children unpaid is well below the state average at 23.4%. Roughly 21.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
12.2% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.1% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Mira Mar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50969/mira-mar/topic/community