9.3% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mogo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mogo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9.3% of people in Mogo volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While formal volunteering is low, more residents here spend their time on unpaid home and family duties than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers is much lower than in most similar areas, sitting well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are more likely to provide unpaid care here than in most areas. This includes a higher rate of people caring for children (27.5%) and a much higher share doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (27.9%) compared to the rest of the state.
13.0% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Mogo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12671/mogo/topic/community