13.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirani · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mirani
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A smaller number of people in Mirani are active in unpaid roles compared to a decade ago. While about 13.5% of residents volunteer, the share of people performing unpaid childcare has dropped significantly from 35.3% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.5% of people helping out. This is about the same as the Queensland and national figures, though it has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, at 23.2%. This is a little above the national figure, though the number of people caring for children unpaid fell from 35.3% in 2011 to 27.0%.
10.8% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 52% 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 Mirani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30055/mirani/topic/community