12.8% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrumba Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murrumba Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Murrumba Downs provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common, fewer residents volunteer for community groups compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here at 31.1%, well above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Meanwhile, 12.3% of people provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.3% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of people having served.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Murrumba Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32089/murrumba-downs/topic/community