15.7% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Norcia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Norcia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents provide unpaid care or housework compared to other areas, making New Norcia an outlier in community participation. While 15.7% of people volunteer, most other aspects of unpaid work and service are much lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Western Australian average of 15.9% and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very uncommon here, with only 5.9% of people providing unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with other figures, such as the 0.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the state and national averages.
5.9% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure 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 New Norcia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51107/new-norcia/topic/community