20.7% ▼ -42.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moriac · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moriac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 42% of people in Moriac (L) provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care defines the local community, although the proportion of people volunteering has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia, despite falling 16 points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 32.2% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 15.7% provide unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
15.7% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.4% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.9% of the population doing so, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Moriac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221049/moriac/topic/community