15.7% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murwillumbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Murwillumbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in community roles has occurred in Murwillumbah since 2011, with a notable drop in volunteering alongside a rise in unpaid care. While 15.7% of people now volunteer, the most striking feature is that 14.3% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 5.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.7%. This is a little above the own state figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 14.3% of people doing so. Meanwhile, about 26.1% of people care for children unpaid, a figure that is about the same as the rest of the country.
14.3% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 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 residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031251/murwillumbah/topic/community