9.7% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray Upper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murray Upper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 36.6% of people in Murray Upper do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is far above the national figure, painting a picture of a community where a huge amount of unpaid domestic work happens at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 9.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic duties are common, with 32% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While housework rates are among the highest, the 10.9% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +254.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% ▲ +186.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
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.
About 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32085/murray-upper/topic/community