23.8% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Noorat · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Noorat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Noorat than in the rest of the state. While 23.8% of the population gives their time to others, the rate for Victoria is just 13.3%. This strong local engagement is a standout feature for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when the rate was 27.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here do a lot of unpaid work, with 32.1% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the 20.7% national average. Meanwhile, 24.4% care for children unpaid, a figure that has risen by 5.2 points since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
No one in Noorat has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for this level and a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Noorat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222065/noorat/topic/community