Lower Moira · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Lower Moira

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Daily life in Lower Moira is marked by a strong spirit of volunteering, with 16.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian rate, though the area has very few people providing unpaid care for others.

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📍 Lower Moira, Suburb / Locality

Where Lower Moira sits — Volunteers

16.7%
  • 0.0%–1.8%: 241 areas
  • 1.8%–3.6%: 57 areas
  • 3.6%–5.4%: 119 areas
  • 5.4%–7.1%: 263 areas
  • 7.1%–8.9%: 469 areas
  • 8.9%–10.7%: 671 areas
  • 10.7%–12.5%: 935 areas
  • 12.5%–14.3%: 1212 areas
  • 14.3%–16.1%: 1222 areas
  • 16.1%–17.9%: 1127 areas
  • 17.9%–19.6%: 1134 areas
  • 19.6%–21.4%: 962 areas
  • 21.4%–23.2%: 792 areas
  • 23.2%–25.0%: 619 areas
  • 25.0%–26.8%: 546 areas
  • 26.8%–28.6%: 424 areas
  • 28.6%–30.4%: 402 areas
  • 30.4%–32.1%: 275 areas
  • 32.1%–33.9%: 259 areas
  • 33.9%–35.7%: 189 areas
  • 35.7%–37.5%: 181 areas
  • 37.5%–39.3%: 141 areas
  • 39.3%–41.1%: 95 areas
  • 41.1%–42.9%: 84 areas
  • 42.9%–44.6%: 83 areas
  • 44.6%–46.4%: 75 areas
  • 46.4%–48.2%: 55 areas
  • 48.2%–50.0%: 264 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Moira — lower than 57% of areas.

Volunteers compared with the state and national average
Lower Moira16.7%
3639, VIC 21.8%
Victoria 13.3%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and a little above the national figure.

16.7%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Very few people provide unpaid care here, with 0.0% caring for children or others, which is far below the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 20.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure about the same as the rest of the country.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.

20.0%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 20.0%

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 uncommon in Lower Moira, with 0.0% of people having served, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian rates.

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 Lower Moira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21545/lower-moira/topic/community