32.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moola · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Moola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Moola and the rest of the country when it comes to giving back, with 32.4% of people volunteering. This rate is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents are very active in their community and frequently take on unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in three people in Moola volunteer their time, which is much higher than most other areas. This 32.4% rate is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 30.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
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 2.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Moola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31892/moola/topic/community