15.0% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nemingha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nemingha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework define Nemingha compared to similar areas. While 15% of people volunteer, the community is most notable for the high proportion of residents who provide unpaid support to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here are volunteers. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in other areas of care too, as those providing unpaid care (16.4%) and those caring for children (27.3%) are both well above state levels.
16.4% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.5%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Nemingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12935/nemingha/topic/community