14.7% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moama · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Moama provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out in the home and community, the area generally sees lower rates of volunteering and caregiving than many similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer their time. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 23.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 11.7% provide unpaid care, a rate lower than most similar areas.
11.7% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality 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 Moama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12665/moama/topic/community