15.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moorland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moorland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Moorland provide unpaid care and housework than is typical across the state. While 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, other forms of community involvement are more common here than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common in Moorland than across Australia, with 15.9% of people giving their time, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major feature of life here; 31.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework a week, which is far above the New South Wales figure. This is consistent with the high 15.4% of residents who provide unpaid care, a rate well above the national average.
15.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of the population having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Moorland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12725/moorland/topic/community