18.8% ▲ +92.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morgan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Morgan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Morgan volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community is notably active in helping others, though the number of people providing unpaid care for others varies across different roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown significantly here, rising 9.0 percentage points since 2011 to 18.8%. This is higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 14.7% of residents doing so, which is a little above the national figure. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 21.7% and has fallen sharply since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +65.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 much more common in Morgan than in most other areas. About 6.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422030/morgan/topic/community