24.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mooral Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mooral Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Mooral Creek volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area. Residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.5% of residents providing care and 27.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the 23.5% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the state average.
16.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mooral Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12718/mooral-creek/topic/community