21.1% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mole Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mole Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Mole Creek volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people helping out. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is high, with 17.8% of people providing support, which is well above the national figure. However, far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to most other areas.
17.8% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Defence service is more common in Mole Creek than in most places. About 7.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% average for Australia.
7.7%
Higher than 95% 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 Mole Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622017/mole-creek/topic/community