16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norval · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norval
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Norval has remained steady, with a strong culture of volunteering and housework. About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure. While many residents contribute their time to the community, few are involved in unpaid childcare or military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Norval, where 16.7% of people give their time. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is quite common, with 25% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. However, only 8.3% provide general unpaid care and 19.4% care for children, both of which are well below the national and state averages.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in Norval has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Norval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21973/norval/topic/community