17.5% ▼ -48.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minyip · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Minyip
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Minyip do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a higher rate than the national figure, though the town's overall community engagement has shifted since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 34.0% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.2% of people provide unpaid care, far fewer residents care for children unpaid compared to the national figure of 26.3%. At the same time, 25.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian average.
12.2% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Minyip have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.5%
Higher than 72% 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 Minyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222055/minyip/topic/community