12.7% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nericon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nericon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Zero residents in Nericon have served in the Defence Force, marking a notable gap compared to other areas. While community involvement is generally low, a small number of people still contribute through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 12.7% of people helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 13.6% of people provide this support, which is a little above the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid are slightly fewer at 23.5% compared to the Australian average.
13.6% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Nericon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12936/nericon/topic/community