11.5% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minden Village · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Minden Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care and housework in Minden Village than is typical for the state or nation. This small locality has a very strong rate of unpaid work, though the proportion of people volunteering for community groups has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1% and has fallen 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33.2% of people caring for children and 30.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Additionally, the 14.3% of people providing other unpaid care is a little above the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
Veterans are well represented in the area, with 8.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
8.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Minden Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321072/minden-village/topic/community