17.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Namoi River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Namoi River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Namoi River is marked by a strong commitment to home and community. While few people here provide formal unpaid care, a very high number spend a significant amount of time on housework. Local residents also step up to volunteer more often than the average person across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in Namoi River volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life here, with 37.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work—far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, only 9.4% care for children unpaid and 5.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the state and national levels.
5.7% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Namoi River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12899/namoi-river/topic/community