17.5% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moira · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Moira
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Moira, where volunteering is far more common than in the rest of the country. While 17.5% of residents volunteer, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Moira is well above the Victorian average, though the rate has fallen by 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than in most areas, with 13.7% of people providing this support. However, the proportion of residents providing unpaid childcare is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
13.7% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
The local connection to the military is stronger than in most areas, with 3.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) 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 Moira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24900/moira/topic/community