10.4% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norseman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norseman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen compared to previous years in Norseman, where only 10.4% of people now give their time to others. This low level of community involvement is matched by a very small number of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people in Norseman provide unpaid care; only 11.2% look after children, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.2%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.0%) are both lower than most other areas.
9.0% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.2% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas, with 5.6% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Norseman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51127/norseman/topic/community