17.1% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numurkah · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Numurkah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than average proportion of Numurkah residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4% of the population having a military background. While volunteer rates have dipped since 2011, the town remains more active in community service than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is a drop from 2011, when 22.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing such support. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure, at 21.2%.
14.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Military service is more frequent in Numurkah than in most similar areas. At 4%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above both the Victorian and national figures.
4.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre 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 Numurkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215065/numurkah/topic/community