12.9% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Noarlunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Noarlunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.9% of people in Old Noarlunga volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. While volunteering is low, more residents are involved in unpaid care and household work than the state and national figures suggest. This reflects a community focused heavily on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, with only 12.9% of residents giving their time to others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care for children (29.1%) compared to the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
13.2% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Old Noarlunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41071/old-noarlunga/topic/community