16.0% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murgon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Murgon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 4.4% of Murgon residents have served in the Defence Force. While many people here contribute to their community through care and service, the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people in Murgon volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a sharp decline from 2011, when 27.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.2% of people providing care—a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. In contrast, the 20.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Defence service is more common in Murgon than in most other areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as Queensland's 3.9%.
4.4%
Higher than 69% 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 Murgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315073/murgon/topic/community