26.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moggs Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moggs Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Moggs Creek volunteer their time, far exceeding the national average. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care and help with housework than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.4% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of daily life, as 30.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This is consistent with a high 17.3% of residents providing unpaid care, well above the 11.9% average for Australia.
17.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Moggs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21718/moggs-creek/topic/community