13.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Netherby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Netherby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Netherby has shifted over the years, though it remains a place with a very strong history of military service. While few people here provide unpaid childcare, a high number are dedicated to other forms of care and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people in Netherby volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 17.4% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national average—almost no one here spends 15 or more hours a week on housework, and unpaid childcare is far below the state average at 13%.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
A striking 15% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
15.0%
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 Netherby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32120/netherby/topic/community