18.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narre Warren East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narre Warren East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 31% of people in Narre Warren East do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the state average. This reflects a community with high levels of unpaid care and volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life for many, as 29.4% of people look after children unpaid and 16.7% provide other forms of unpaid care—both figures are well above the national average.
16.7% ▲ +67.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Narre Warren East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21894/narre-warren-east/topic/community