40.0% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nareen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nareen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 40% of people in Nareen volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of participation defines daily life here, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than people across Victoria or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common in Nareen, with 40% of residents pitching in. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 41.8%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas, at just 9.1%.
9.1% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.8% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 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 more prevalent here than in most places. At 7.5%, the number of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the 2% seen in Victoria.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Nareen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21882/nareen/topic/community