10.5% ▼ -49.9%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morwell · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Morwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid childcare make Morwell stand out from similar areas. Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This suggests a significant drop in community-led activity over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.5%, the rate is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has dropped by 10 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures at 20.8%. While 19.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion providing any unpaid care has risen slightly since 2011 to 13.6%.
13.6% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213011/morwell/topic/community