6.0% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moto · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moto
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Moto apart from most similar areas. While very few people volunteer here, the community shows a strong trend of looking after others and serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.0% of people volunteer, which is among the lowest for areas like this and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with 14.7% helping out and 27.6% doing over 15 hours of housework. This is well above the New South Wales figures, though far fewer people provide unpaid childcare at 17.2%.
14.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
Military service is common in Moto, where 7.6% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Moto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12753/moto/topic/community