11.2% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrumba · State Electorate
Community Participation in Murrumba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 33.3% of people in Murrumba provide unpaid childcare, which is among the highest rates for areas of this type. While child care is a major focus, other forms of community involvement are less common here. The area also has a notably higher proportion of former Defence Force members than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas. Only 11.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 and sits slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 33.3% of people providing unpaid childcare is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 11.5% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.5% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and matches the Queensland figure.
3.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30062/murrumba/topic/community