15.1% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significantly higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Narara compared to the state average. While volunteering is less common than in other similar areas, about 31% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Narara volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31% of people caring for children, which is well above the state and national figures. This is alongside 24.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 13.6% providing general unpaid care.
13.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Around 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Narara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12905/narara/topic/community