16.2% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Murray Bridge · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Murray Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About the middle of similar areas for most forms of community involvement, Murray Bridge sees a mix of volunteering and caregiving. While 16.2% of people volunteer, there has been a notable decline in unpaid childcare and housework since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Murray Bridge volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 24.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are providing unpaid care for children here than in the rest of the state, with 23% doing so. While 13.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than in most areas.
13.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.9%
Lower than 67% 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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413002/murray-bridge/topic/community