6.6% ▼ -71.5%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mer (Murray) Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mer (Murray) Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of military service marks Mer (Murray) Island (L), where 7.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure, though community volunteering has dropped significantly in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.6% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This represents a sharp decline from 2011, when 23.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national average—very few do significant housework. Only 2.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a far lower figure than the 20.7% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▲ +65.8%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.6% ▼ -92.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common here, with 7.5% of the population having served. This is well above the figures for both Queensland (3.9%) and Australia (2.8%).
7.5%
Higher than 94% 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 Mer (Murray) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322077/mer-island/topic/community