19.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mirriwinni · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mirriwinni
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Mirriwinni (L) volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong connection to military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though this is 2.4 percentage points lower than in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare duties are common here, with 30.5% of people providing unpaid care for children, a figure that rose 14 points since 2011. Similarly, 26.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.7% of the population, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 90% 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 Mirriwinni [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322083/mirriwinni/topic/community