17.3% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nelligen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nelligen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.3% of people in Nelligen volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong military connection, with veterans being much more common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a key feature of the area, with 17.3% of residents helping out, which is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national rate at 16.2%, though people doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is well above the national figure at 25.0%. General unpaid care is a little below the state and national levels at 10.2%.
10.2% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.9% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian rates.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12929/nelligen/topic/community