8.4% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mooball · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mooball
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Mooball participate in unpaid community work compared to similar areas. Only 8.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. However, the area has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Mooball are among the lowest for this type of area. At 8.4%, the figure is well below both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 9.1% of people provide unpaid care, while 22.7% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.1% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.2% of the population, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Mooball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12698/mooball/topic/community