26.8% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numeralla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Numeralla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Numeralla volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area. Residents are also much more likely to have served in the Defence Force compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.8% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—a little above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid are well below the Australian average at 20%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the rest of the country at 11.4%.
11.4% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Numeralla than in most areas. About 6.4% of residents have served, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.4%
Higher than 87% 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 Numeralla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13050/numeralla/topic/community