17.4% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moorooduc · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moorooduc
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17.4% of people in Moorooduc volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a strong culture of giving back within the local area. While many residents help out in the community, others dedicate significant time to unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 15.3% of people provide support to others, which is well above the national figure. This includes 26.3% of people caring for children and 25.8% who do at least 15 hours of housework a week, a rate well above the Victorian average.
15.3% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%. This is slightly lower than the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as the state average.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Moorooduc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21754/moorooduc/topic/community