13.3% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Area
Community Participation in Moe - Newborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Moe - Newborough than in most similar areas, though unpaid care is common. While only 13.3% of the community now volunteers, a high number of residents provide unpaid care for others. This reflects a shift in how people contribute to their community over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011, dropping 5.9 percentage points to 13.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care—a figure that is among the highest for its level and rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 23% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2% and is around the middle for similar areas.
3.1%
Lower than 55% of urban area 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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2013/moe-newborough/topic/community