16.2% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moonee Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moonee Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.8% of people in Moonee Beach provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the same age group in New South Wales. This community is very active in supporting others through both formal volunteering and unpaid domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with unpaid care for others, which is a little above the state and national averages at 13.8%.
13.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 3.4% of the population having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Moonee Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12714/moonee-beach/topic/community