18.1% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Miles · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Miles
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 4 percentage points separates Miles from the rest of the country in its spirit of service, with 18.1% of people volunteering. While many locals give their time to others, the community has seen a notable drop in people providing unpaid childcare and housework since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people in Miles volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia. This is a decrease from 2011, when 21.9% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 19.2% of people caring for children and 16.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, the number of people providing other unpaid care rose to 8.9% since 2011.
8.9% ▲ +107.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Defence service is common in Miles, with 3.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315062/miles/topic/community