15.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murray Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22.4% of people in Murray Bridge provide unpaid child care, which is well below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, though overall involvement in unpaid work and volunteering tends to be lower than in many similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 15.4% of people helping out. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, but a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures, and only 20.0% of residents spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is much lower than most areas. However, 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.2% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40987/murray-bridge/topic/community