22.1% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norwin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norwin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Norwin, where 22.1% of people volunteer their time. This is well above the national figure, marking the area as a place where residents are far more likely to give back to their community than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.1% of residents pitching in, which is 8 percentage points higher than the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—only 13% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is much lower than the state and national rates.
11.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 84% 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 Norwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32192/norwin/topic/community