24.6% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moogerah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moogerah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Moogerah, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This spirit of contribution is seen in the high number of people providing unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.8% of residents providing help and 37.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, the 24.1% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Queensland figure of 26.5%.
16.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.2% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 37.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Moogerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31891/moogerah/topic/community