5.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minjilang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Minjilang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all people in Minjilang provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care stands in contrast to very low rates of formal volunteering. The community's participation is defined by these strong domestic and family roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.9% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rate for similar areas and well below the Northern Territory figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 46.8% of people caring for children and 27.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. However, only 2.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is among the lowest rates in the country.
2.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Minjilang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70190/minjilang/topic/community