8.9% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mirrabooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Mirrabooka volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with 15.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 23.2% caring for children, both of which are well below state and national levels. General unpaid care is provided by 10.8% of residents, which is about the same as the state figure.
10.8% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.3%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50970/mirrabooka/topic/community