25.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nethercote · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nethercote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Nethercote, where 25.5% of residents volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure, reflecting a community where people are highly active in supporting one another.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most other areas, with 25.5% of people giving their time compared to 13% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More residents handle unpaid work at home than is usual, with 31.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%, and 28.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas.
11.6% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 in Nethercote than in similar places, with 5.5% of people having served, which is well above the state rate of 2.3%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Nethercote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12941/nethercote/topic/community