22.5% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murtho · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murtho
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Murtho volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in an area where other forms of unpaid care are less common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the South Australian rate of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is lower than most areas. Only 10.7% of people provide unpaid care, and those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 20.1%.
10.7% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 higher share of people in Murtho have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Murtho [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40992/murtho/topic/community