19.0% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nyngan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nyngan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Nyngan volunteer, making it a highly active community. With 19.0% of residents giving their time, this rate is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong here, with 19.0% of people helping out, which is 6.0 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are about the same as the state average, with 24.4% of people caring for children and 10.6% providing other unpaid care.
10.6% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 less common than in most areas, with 1.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13060/nyngan/topic/community