18.6% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murdoch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Murdoch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Murdoch give their time as volunteers, which is a standout figure for the area. This high level of community spirit contrasts with a much lower rate of unpaid caregiving and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents helping out. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.9% of people providing such care. This is seen in the low number of people caring for children unpaid (17.8%), which is far below the state's 28.5%.
8.9% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Murdoch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51064/murdoch/topic/community