25.3% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minnie Water · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Minnie Water
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Minnie Water than in most similar areas. About 25.3% of the population gives their time to others, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and has climbed 5.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, with 17.9% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure. While those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much more common than in most areas, those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national averages.
17.9% ▲ +69.0%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
About 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and around the middle for areas of this size.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Minnie Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122087/minnie-water/topic/community