28.3% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Napier · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Napier
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Napier contribute their time to others than in most similar areas. Nearly 28% of the population volunteer, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This spirit of service is seen across unpaid housework and former military service too.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 30.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This sits alongside 27.8% of residents providing unpaid childcare, a rate slightly above the national figure.
11.8% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Napier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51086/napier/topic/community