7.1% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nerong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nerong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low rates of volunteering and unpaid care shape the daily life of Nerong, though it has a very strong history of military service. Only 7.1% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This is a place where far fewer people provide unpaid support to others compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 7.1% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.8% of people providing it and 20.8% caring for children unpaid. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (24.7%) are well above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
7.8% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 very common here, with 8.6% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Nerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12938/nerong/topic/community