29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moolerr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moolerr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Moolerr than in other parts of the country. Nearly 30% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.2% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 33.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing general unpaid care (16.7%), while those caring for children (25.0%) sit around the middle for similar areas.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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 national figure of 2.8%.
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 Moolerr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21738/moolerr/topic/community