20.8% ▼ -35.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Murchison
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Mount Murchison volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area. Local residents are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.8% of people giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 6.7 percentage points above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 22.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 11.5% provide other unpaid care.
11.5% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
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. About 6.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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).
More for Mount Murchison
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mount Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32006/mount-murchison/topic/community