17.4% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nana Glen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nana Glen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Nana Glen has evolved over the last decade, with a strong focus on unpaid care and volunteering. Around 17.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, a rate well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Nana Glen, where 29% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is much higher than most areas. This is alongside a high rate of people caring for children unpaid at 29.3%, well above the state average.
13.6% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Nana Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12900/nana-glen/topic/community