3.6% ▼ -72.6%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Murray and the rest of the country in how people spend their spare time. While very few residents volunteer or provide unpaid care, an unusually high 40% of the population has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.6% of people here volunteer, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 0.9% of people providing care and 0.6% caring for children. Both figures are far below the national averages, as is the 1.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework.
0.9% ▼ -52.8%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.6% ▼ -80.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.0% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is exceptionally high in Murray, where 40% of people have served. This is far above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
40.0%
Higher 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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32084/murray/topic/community