19.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrawallee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrawallee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people give their time to others in Narrawallee compared to the rest of the country. Nearly one in five residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends to a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people helping out, a figure well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people caring for children is about the same as the state, 25.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.1% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
Service to the country is more common in Narrawallee than in most areas, with 4.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Narrawallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12918/narrawallee/topic/community