23.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noradjuha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noradjuha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Noradjuha volunteer, a rate far higher than both the state and national figures. This community is highly active in unpaid work, showing a strong commitment to volunteering and an unusually high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure, other forms of unpaid work are rare. Only 8.3% provide general unpaid care and 12.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national averages.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 much more common in Noradjuha than in most areas. About 7.5% of people have served, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Noradjuha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21959/noradjuha/topic/community