37.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Natimuk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Natimuk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Natimuk give their time as volunteers, making it a place of immense community spirit. This high level of local involvement stands out against the rest of the country, with 37.1% of residents volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.1% of people helping out. 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.
While unpaid care for children is well below the national rate at 21.1%, more people overall provide some form of unpaid care. About 14.5% of residents do this, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.5% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 common at a rate of 2.3%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Natimuk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21899/natimuk/topic/community