25.0% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murchison · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Murchison
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Murchison volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit exists alongside a strong trend of people performing unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 31.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 36.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure. While 30.6% provide unpaid childcare, the 4.2% who provide other unpaid care is among the lowest across the country.
4.2% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56160/murchison/topic/community