47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Needilup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Needilup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the most active areas for community involvement, Needilup has a remarkably high rate of volunteering. Nearly half of the population gives their time to help others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 47.8% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 53.6% of people caring for children unpaid and 39.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both far above the state and national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are at 7.2%, which is well below most areas.
7.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 39.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Needilup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51099/needilup/topic/community