11.6% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minmi · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Minmi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Minmi is marked by a strong focus on family and home, where 31.9% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, reflecting a community where a large number of residents are dedicated to caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in Minmi, falling 8.3 percentage points since 2011 to 11.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the 13.0% figure for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure. While 31.9% of people care for children, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 21.5% since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre 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 Minmi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121078/minmi/topic/community