10.6% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.6% of residents in Morwell volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests lower levels of community participation compared to other similar areas. Other activities, such as providing unpaid care, are more common and align with state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas. At 10.6%, the rate is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 20.7%. Unpaid housework for 15 or more hours a week is about the same as the national rate at 19.7%.
13.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 people in Morwell have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% reported across Australia.
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21769/morwell/topic/community