19.8% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Moonta · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Moonta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Moonta volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering rates have dipped since 2011, the area remains more active in community work and unpaid care than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average. This is a drop from 2011, when a quarter of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.0%, but 26.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 14.0% since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -55.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.1%
Higher than 78% 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 Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415030/moonta/topic/community