18.1% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moulamein · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moulamein
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Moulamein, where 18.1% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. While community activity is high, other forms of unpaid care and housework are much less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown in the area, rising 3.5 percentage points since 2011. The current rate of 18.1% is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.5% of people providing this support. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell sharply by 15 percentage points since 2011 to 16.7%, which is well below the national figure.
8.5% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▲ +73.7%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% in New South Wales and the 2.8% across Australia, though it is much lower than in most similar areas.
2.6%
Lower than 74% 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 Moulamein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122091/moulamein/topic/community