2.4% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miniyeri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Miniyeri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Miniyeri provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While child and elder care roles are very common here, other types of community involvement are less frequent. This creates a local profile where home-based support is the primary way people contribute to their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.4% of people in Miniyeri volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 56.4% of people caring for children and 19.3% providing other unpaid care, both well above the national average. Additionally, 21.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
19.3% ▲ +206.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
56.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 less common here than in most areas, with only 0.9% of people having served, which is well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Miniyeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70189/miniyeri/topic/community