34.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murroon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murroon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Murroon give their time to volunteering, a figure far higher than the national average. This strong level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of daily life in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.2% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures of 26.3%, a very high 39.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. General unpaid care is 12.7%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 39.2%
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 national figure of 2.8%.
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 Murroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21848/murroon/topic/community