20.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narrabundah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Narrabundah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Narrabundah volunteer their time, a rate that is well above the national figure. This community is more active in volunteering than most other areas in the country, with 20.0% of residents giving their time for free.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, at 20.0%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While 26.5% care for children unpaid, only 18.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate much lower than most areas.
12.0% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.0% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average 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 Narrabundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80099/narrabundah/topic/community