11.9% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moe - Newborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Moe - Newborough sees a decline in traditional community activities, with a sharp drop in volunteering. Only 11.9% of people now volunteer, which is much lower than most other similar areas. This reflects a broader trend of falling community involvement since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply in Moe - Newborough, dropping 12 percentage points since 2011 to reach 11.9%. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children and housework have both fallen since 2011, with only 21.5% of people now caring for children. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care has risen to 14.8%, which is a little above the national figure.
14.8% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213010/moe-newborough/topic/community