12.7% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mooroopna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mooroopna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 12.7% of people in Mooroopna volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a trend where local community participation in formal volunteering and unpaid childcare is generally lower than state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 12.7% of residents taking part. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national average at 22.1%. While 18.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, about 13.5% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian figure.
13.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21756/mooroopna/topic/community