23.4% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numbugga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Numbugga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Numbugga, where 23.4% of people volunteer. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, showing a community that is much more active in unpaid work than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 20.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average, a far higher 32.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. About 12.6% of the community provide other unpaid care, which is around the middle for its level.
12.6% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Numbugga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13049/numbugga/topic/community