17.4% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray Bridge · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Murray Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Murray Bridge involves a strong commitment to helping others, with 13.7% of people providing unpaid care. This is a higher rate than most similar areas. While some types of community work have declined over the last decade, the area remains more active in volunteering than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of people in Murray Bridge volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 21.5% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing support—a figure that has risen since 2011 and is higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing significant housework or caring for children has fallen slightly over the last decade.
13.7% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 51% 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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45040/murray-bridge/topic/community