20.9% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrandera · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Narrandera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Narrandera than in most other areas, with 20.9% of residents giving their time. While this is well above the national figure of 14.1%, the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 26.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.2% of people doing so. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (22.0%) are both around the national middle.
13.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
About 3.1% of people in Narrandera have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Narrandera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113011259/narrandera/topic/community