21.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nymagee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nymagee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Nymagee, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in the rest of the country. This strong spirit of helping out stands in contrast to lower rates of unpaid home and childcare compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, especially for children, where only 6.9% of people provide care—far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.2%) and general unpaid care (10.3%) are both lower than the state and national averages.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.9% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 more common in Nymagee than in most similar areas. About 3.5% of residents have served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Nymagee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13058/nymagee/topic/community