19.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrawa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrawa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong part of life in Narrawa, where 19.6% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care for children and their homes than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people in Narrawa volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.3% of people caring for children and 27.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the state and national averages. Around 13% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Narrawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12917/narrawa/topic/community