13.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mogriguy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mogriguy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few things have shifted in how people contribute to their community in Mogriguy since 2011. The area is now marked by a very strong presence of former Defence Force members. While volunteering is typical for the region, a high number of residents provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people doing so, which is well above the state average. This includes 25.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure—though the 20.6% who care for children is well below the Australian average.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A striking 6.9% of people in Mogriguy have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the highest for its area and well above the national average of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Mogriguy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12676/mogriguy/topic/community