16.8% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murrays Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Murrays Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid support at home in Murrays Beach than in the rest of the state. This is a community where a third of residents handle significant housework and childcare duties, while volunteering rates also remain higher than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This level of community involvement has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national 20.7%. This sits alongside a much higher than usual rate of people caring for children (34.1%) and those providing other unpaid care (15.3%), both of which have risen since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.2% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 33.2%
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.
A little over 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre 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 Murrays Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121085/murrays-beach/topic/community