29.4% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrawong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrawong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Narrawong volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the board, with many residents providing unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 34.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Similarly, providing unpaid care is well above the national figure, and 29.7% of residents care for children unpaid.
17.0% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Narrawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21892/narrawong/topic/community