20.9% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nowendoc · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nowendoc
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Nowendoc volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are far more likely to help out in their local community than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 8.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure far below the national 26.3%—the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is higher than most areas at 28.6%. Unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 13.2%.
13.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.8% ▼ -53.8%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
No one in Nowendoc has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Nowendoc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13037/nowendoc/topic/community