22.5% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nobbys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nobbys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Nobbys Creek volunteer, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This spirit of helping out defines daily life in the area, where local contribution is far more common than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 22.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare here than in other areas. At 20.5%, this is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.2% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Nobbys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12978/nobbys-creek/topic/community