12.5% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narangba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narangba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 36.6% of people in Narangba provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care defines much of the community's daily life, though formal volunteering is less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with the proportion of people providing unpaid care for children far exceeding the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Force service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 4.4% of residents having served. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Narangba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32107/narangba/topic/community