27.6% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nanima · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nanima
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their community in Nanima than in most similar areas. About 28% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits far above both the state and national averages. This spirit of contribution is seen across volunteering, childcare, and veteran presence.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.6% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Nanima take on unpaid roles at home, with 29.6% caring for children and 27.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, the 8.9% of people providing other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
8.9% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4% of residents being veterans, which is a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Nanima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12902/nanima/topic/community