21.9% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrumbateman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murrumbateman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Murrumbateman volunteer, making it a place with very high levels of community involvement. This spirit of giving extends to the home, where residents provide significantly more unpaid care and housework than people across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above 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 common here, with 33.8% of people caring for children—well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This trend continues with housework, as 25.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, a figure well above the national rate of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 9.2% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.2%
Higher than 94% 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 Murrumbateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12871/murrumbateman/topic/community