6.2% ▼ -86.2%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mimili · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mimili
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Mimili than in the rest of the state. While 67.5% of residents care for children without pay, very few people here volunteer for community groups, with a rate well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.2% of people volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the South Australian figure. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 45.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 67.5% of people providing unpaid care for children—far above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 12.4% provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.4% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
67.5% ▲ +189.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the South Australian average.
0.0%
Lower 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 Mimili [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422029/mimili/topic/community