21.3% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray River - Swan Hill · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Murray River - Swan Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Murray River - Swan Hill volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in most areas. While these figures are well above the national average, the share of residents volunteering has fallen by 9.1 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 21.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia. This level of participation is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.7% of people providing care and 22.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being higher than most areas. In contrast, the 22.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.7% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most areas and about the same as the 2.8% national average.
2.6%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) 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 River - Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21503/murray-river-swan-hill/topic/community