9.4% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care and support in Morton than in most other areas. While only 9.4% of the population volunteers, the community sees a very high rate of people managing homes and families, including 22.2% who provide unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 34.4% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 32.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate well above the Australian average.
22.2% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
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.
A little more than the national average of 2.8% have served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of the Morton population having served, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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 Morton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12741/morton/topic/community