50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mooralla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mooralla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Mooralla volunteer their time, a figure that sits far above the national rate of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for people to provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Mooralla, where 40.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside much higher rates of people providing unpaid care (18.2%) and caring for children (31.8%) compared to most areas.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 40.9%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 9.5% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
9.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Mooralla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21749/mooralla/topic/community