17.8% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murbko · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murbko
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid housework in Murbko than in other parts of the country. About 44.4% of residents handle 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a striking contrast to the national figure. This community shows a strong spirit of service, with higher rates of volunteering and defence service than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of people in Murbko volunteer, which is roughly the same as the state figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While a far higher proportion of people do heavy housework than in the rest of Australia, the rates of people providing unpaid care or looking after children are both much lower than most areas.
7.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 44.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar places, with 3.3% of the population having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Murbko [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40982/murbko/topic/community