23.3% —
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrumbidgee · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Murrumbidgee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Murrumbidgee give their time to volunteering, far exceeding the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen 5.4 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 23.3%, the rate of volunteering in Murrumbidgee is much higher than most areas and sits well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a little more common here than in most areas, with 12.9% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (23.4%) and doing heavy housework (21.8%) are slightly below or around the national figures.
12.9% —
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% —
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% —
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
About 3.0% of the population in Murrumbidgee have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) 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 Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15560/murrumbidgee/topic/community