10.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nooroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nooroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Nooroo has seen a shift in how people contribute their time, with a very high number of residents now caring for children. While 38.5% of the population provides unpaid childcare, other forms of community help and service are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people in Nooroo volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 38.5% of people doing so, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. In contrast, the proportions of people doing heavy housework or providing other unpaid care are both much lower than in most areas.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
No one in Nooroo has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Nooroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12982/nooroo/topic/community