19.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noojee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noojee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Noojee volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong tendency for residents to handle significant amounts of unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of the population volunteers, a result that is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—nearly 29% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is much higher than most areas.
12.8% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 1.9% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Noojee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21954/noojee/topic/community