14.0% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noonamah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Noonamah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework set Noonamah apart from similar areas. While a small number of people give their time to volunteering, the area has a notably high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Noonamah volunteer, a figure that is lower than in most other areas and sits just below the national and Territory figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 15% of people caring for children unpaid—well below the 30.2% seen across the Territory. This trend continues with unpaid care and housework, both of which are much lower than in most areas.
8.4% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
Six per cent of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Noonamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70212/noonamah/topic/community