7.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norlane · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norlane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.1% of people in Norlane volunteer their time, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid home work and childcare, where local figures sit well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 7.1% of residents helping out compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.3%, and only 16.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. However, 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.8% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
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 Norlane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21960/norlane/topic/community