20.6% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrindindi · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Murrindindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Murrindindi volunteer their time, making it a place where community support is much more common than in most other areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the region still sees far higher rates of unpaid care and housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen since 2011, when 29.1% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. This sits alongside a higher-than-usual 13.8% of people providing unpaid care, though the rate of people caring for children is much lower than most areas at 21.4%.
13.8% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Service to the country is more frequent here than in most places, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 72% 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 Murrindindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25620/murrindindi/topic/community