40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrapumelap South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrapumelap South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Narrapumelap South and the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. While only 14.1% of Australians volunteer, a striking 40% of people here do, placing the area among the highest for community spirit in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 40% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in other areas, with 0% of people providing unpaid care and only 10% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below the national figure of 20.7% for housework, and the 23.3% who care for children is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Narrapumelap South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21891/narrapumelap-south/topic/community