11.9% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Murwillumbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in South Murwillumbah involves a higher proportion of people serving in the military than most similar areas. While 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, those volunteering in the community is much lower than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 23.4%, though the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the Australian figure.
13.3% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 South Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13609/south-murwillumbah/topic/community