20.1% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moriac · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moriac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high level of local contribution defines Moriac, where 20.1% of people volunteer. This community is far more active in unpaid work and care than typical Australian areas, with nearly 43% of residents providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Moriac, where 42.8% of people care for children and 32% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This high level of domestic work is consistent with 15.8% of residents providing other types of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
15.8% ▲ +65.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 32.0%
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%, which is lower than most similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Moriac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21762/moriac/topic/community