9.2% ▼ -73.6%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mindibungu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mindibungu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in volunteering has marked the last decade in Mindibungu (L), where only 9.2% of people now give their time. While formal volunteering has dropped, there has been a significant rise in people taking on unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest in similar areas. This is a steep fall from 2011, when 34.7% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 54.9% of people caring for children, a figure far above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is part of a broader trend towards home-based work, as those doing 15 or more hours of housework rose to 33.1% since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.9% ▲ +123.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.1% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 33.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Mindibungu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522045/mindibungu/topic/community