15.5% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Murray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Murray have spent their time volunteering since 2011, when the rate was 17.4%. While unpaid housework is now much more common here than in other similar areas, the overall share of people volunteering has dropped to 15.5%. This reflects a broader shift in how residents contribute to their community and home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian figure of 15.9%, but slightly above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.5% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 4.8% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is a little above both the state and national figures, which sit at 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
4.8%
Higher than 89% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56230/murray/topic/community