16.3% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moss Vale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moss Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Moss Vale are volunteering or providing unpaid care than they were in 2011. While volunteer rates have dropped to 16.3%, this figure remains well above the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop of 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.7% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre 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 Moss Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114020/moss-vale/topic/community