16.3% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moss Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moss Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Moss Vale give their time to volunteering, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This shows a strong local habit of helping out in the community and supporting local groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.3% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the state rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as the state and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Moss Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12750/moss-vale/topic/community