19.3% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Napoleons · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Napoleons
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Napoleons volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care and support than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.3% of people pitching in. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid help is a frequent part of life in Napoleons, as 15.9% of people provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This includes 27.7% who care for children and 24.0% who do more than 15 hours of housework a week.
15.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 slightly more common here than elsewhere, with 3.1% of people having served. This is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Napoleons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21877/napoleons/topic/community