17.8% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moruya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moruya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Moruya than is typical across the state. While 16.3% of the community looks after others without pay, the area also shows a strong spirit of giving back, with nearly one in five residents volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of people in Moruya volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of residents doing so, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen in the 26.3% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, though the 20.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
16.3% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A higher than usual 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Moruya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12745/moruya/topic/community