18.5% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nerriga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nerriga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Nerriga volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of community activity is seen across several areas, particularly with a very high number of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the national average.
10.8% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 7.0% of people having served, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Nerriga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12939/nerriga/topic/community