13.2% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shepparton - Mooroopna · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Shepparton - Mooroopna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have been stepping up for unpaid roles in Shepparton - Mooroopna over the last decade. While 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, the number of volunteers and those caring for children has fallen since 2011. This reflects a general shift in how residents spend their spare time compared to previous years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 13.2%, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a fall of 2.2 percentage points since 2011 and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid fell by 7.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.1%. This sits slightly below the national figure, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than in most other areas.
13.3% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Shepparton - Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212005/shepparton-mooroopna/topic/community