20.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murraydale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murraydale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Murraydale give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the way residents support their families and neighbours through unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 38.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with a higher-than-usual 14% of people providing unpaid care and 29.1% caring for children.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 38.4%
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.
A little more than 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Murraydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21844/murraydale/topic/community