17.7% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murchison · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Murchison
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 11 points since 2011 in Murchison (L), though 17.7% of people still give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering has dropped, more people are now providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of residents helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has risen to 23.8%, while the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell 9.8 points since 2011 to 23.4%. About 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most other areas.
4.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221050/murchison/topic/community