17.6% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nar Nar Goon North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nar Nar Goon North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Nar Nar Goon North volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer, a rate that sits well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing care and 25% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, the 24.3% who care for children unpaid is a little below the Victorian average.
13.7% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 less common in this area than in most other places, with 1.6% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Nar Nar Goon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21879/nar-nar-goon-north/topic/community