18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moolort · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moolort
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Moolort has remained steady, with 18.9% of residents volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a strong tendency for people here to give their time to the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.9% of people providing this support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both 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 Moolort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21739/moolort/topic/community