12.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moonee Valley · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Moonee Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Moonee Valley involves a high level of unpaid care, with 14.3% of people providing support to others. This is much higher than most areas and represents a rise from previous years. While many residents help others at home, fewer are spending their spare time volunteering in the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people in Moonee Valley volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas. This figure is a little below the national mark of 14.1% and has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a much higher rate of unpaid carers than most places, with 14.3% of residents providing care. Meanwhile, 25.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is around the middle for its level and barely changed since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Only 1.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than in most other areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 89% 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 Moonee Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25060/moonee-valley/topic/community