23.3% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moonbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moonbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Moonbah volunteer, which is far above the state and national rates. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.3% of people helping out, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid help at home, including 29.7% who care for children and 27.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are few at 9.9%, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.9% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Moonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12709/moonbah/topic/community