13.3% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nulkaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nulkaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Nulkaba provide unpaid support to their families, with 34.2% caring for children. This far exceeds both state and national figures. While formal volunteering is less common here, the community is heavily involved in domestic and caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Nulkaba, where 29.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 16.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care.
16.2% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the 2.3% seen in New South Wales.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Nulkaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13042/nulkaba/topic/community