23.2% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mokup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mokup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 11% of residents in Mokup have served in the Defence Force, making it a place where service and giving back are common. This spirit of contribution is clear, as volunteers are far more common here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 23.2% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the rate of people providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas at 16.1%, the proportion of those caring for children is far below the state average at 17.9%.
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Military service is very common here, with 11.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
11.5%
Higher 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 Mokup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50976/mokup/topic/community