11.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Moonta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Moonta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in New Moonta than in the rest of Queensland. While only 11.9% of residents volunteer, nearly a quarter of the population helps out with unpaid care tasks. This creates a community profile where home-based support is common, despite lower formal volunteer rates.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 22.4% of people providing support, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the 28.4% of residents who do over 15 hours of housework weekly, though only 7.5% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average.
22.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 New Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32132/new-moonta/topic/community