25.7% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moyne - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Moyne - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Moyne - West volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. While these community contributions are among the highest for similar areas, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 7.3 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.7% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the Victorian average. This sits alongside higher than usual rates of people providing unpaid care (14.8%) and those caring for children (27.6%).
14.8% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Moyne - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217041478/moyne-west/topic/community