22.2% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moyhu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moyhu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Moyhu, where 22.2% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of community involvement has grown since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of residents helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and has risen 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Moyhu, with 21.1% of people providing care—well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, the share of people caring for children unpaid fell 5.4 percentage points since 2011 to 22.8%.
21.1% ▲ +87.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
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, at 3.0%. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Moyhu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222059/moyhu/topic/community