17.9% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Molong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Molong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Molong is shaped by a strong spirit of helping others, with 17.9% of people volunteering. This rate is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. While unpaid care and volunteering are common, the number of people providing general unpaid care has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents giving their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decrease from 2011, when 20.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is steady at 26.0%, while 23.3% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. However, the 10.5% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
10.5% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little higher than the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Lower than 62% 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 Molong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115105/molong/topic/community