25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noorinbee North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noorinbee North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four residents in Noorinbee North give their time to volunteering, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, where people spend significantly more time on unpaid housework and care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life, as 56.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While a high 25% provide some form of unpaid care, only 9.4% care for children, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
56.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 56.3%
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.
A very high 21.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia and the 2.0% in Victoria.
21.7%
Higher 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 Noorinbee North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21958/noorinbee-north/topic/community