24.2% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Naringal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Naringal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Naringal compared to the rest of the country. About 24.2% of the community gives their time to others, which is more than 10 percentage points above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is a standout feature for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.6% of people caring for children and 26.3% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national levels. However, the 12.6% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
12.6% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Naringal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21886/naringal/topic/community