20.6% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in ten people have served in the Defence Force in Miena, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This community shows a strong lean toward service and volunteering, despite having very low rates of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people giving their time. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Miena; only 4.8% of people provide unpaid care and just 3.2% care for children, both of which are far below Tasmanian and Australian levels. About 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.8% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
3.2% ▼ -73.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 10.3%, which is well above the Tasmanian rate of 4.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
10.3%
Higher than 97% 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 Miena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60405/miena/topic/community