9.1% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than one in ten people volunteer in Narre Warren South, a figure well below the national average. While community volunteering has dropped, there is a strong presence of unpaid family support, particularly for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure. This rate has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here; 30.2% of people provide this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.1% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Just 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, placing Narre Warren South among the lowest for this level of service.
1.1%
Lower than 94% of state electorate 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).
More for Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26005/narre-warren-south/topic/community