27.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Molesworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Molesworth than in most other areas, with 27.4% of residents giving their time. This strong community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where local participation is far above state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid carers make up 23.8% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid (23.8%) and people doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.2%) are both around or slightly below the state and national averages.
23.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
No one in Molesworth has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21721/molesworth/topic/community