18.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Novar Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Novar Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Novar Gardens volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others through both formal volunteering and unpaid care for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.2% of people providing support. This includes 25.9% caring for children unpaid and 24.0% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
14.2% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas. About 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Novar Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41055/novar-gardens/topic/community