19.6% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miller · State Electorate
Community Participation in Miller
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 7.1 percentage points since 2011 in Miller, though they remain high. Nearly one in five people still volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 19.6%, the proportion of volunteers is much higher than in most areas. This figure is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, though this fell to 28.2% since 2011. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are about the same as the national figures.
11.8% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 54% of state electorate 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 Miller [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30054/miller/topic/community