15.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrabeen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrabeen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Narrabeen take on unpaid care roles compared to most similar areas. While 15.2% of the community volunteers, the area stands out for its high number of former Defence Force members, with 4.9% having served.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.1% providing care and 17.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figures for both housework and those caring for children unpaid.
10.1% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Narrabeen have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, at 4.9%. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Narrabeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12911/narrabeen/topic/community