22.9% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moruya Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moruya Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people volunteer in Moruya Heads, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through volunteer work and a higher-than-usual number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.9% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national rate. This includes 25.3% caring for children, while 25.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the state average.
13.4% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12746/moruya-heads/topic/community