22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murphys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murphys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Murphys Creek a place of high community spirit. About 22.2% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.2% of people helping out, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 8.3% of people provide unpaid care and just 8.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Murphys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21838/murphys-creek/topic/community