9.2% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narellan Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narellan Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community engagement marks Narellan Vale, where unpaid childcare is far more common than usual but volunteering is quite rare. While 31% of residents provide unpaid childcare, only 9.2% of the people here volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.2% of people helping out. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, with 31% of residents doing so, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Around 12.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.7% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Narellan Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12907/narellan-vale/topic/community