16.4% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murwillumbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Murwillumbah volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others, both through formal volunteering and unpaid care for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and notably higher than the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing support to others. Meanwhile, 26.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the New South Wales average.
14.3% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/community