11.6% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nowra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Six times more people have served in the Defence Force in Nowra than in the typical Australian community. This strong military connection stands out in an area where other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and unpaid childcare, are less common than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, this is a little above the national figure. However, the proportion of people doing significant unpaid housework or caring for children is lower than in most areas.
13.3% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
The 6.1% of residents who served in the Defence Force is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national average.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/community