8.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moorebank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moorebank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Moorebank than in the rest of the state. While only 8.1% of residents give their time to community groups, a very high 32% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people here volunteer, a rate that is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32% of residents doing so—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 11.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
11.3% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower 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 Moorebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12723/moorebank/topic/community