21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narbethong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narbethong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Narbethong volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than across the state. This strong local involvement is seen alongside a high proportion of residents who take on significant unpaid work and childcare at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a slightly higher rate of unpaid childcare (28.4%) compared to the rest of the country, though the 11.8% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the state average.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 2.3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the 2.0% in Victoria.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Narbethong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21880/narbethong/topic/community