24.9% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nathalia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nathalia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of residents in Nathalia give their time to others compared to most similar areas. Nearly 25% of the community volunteer, a figure that sits far above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very strong here, with 24.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.2% of people providing support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 24.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Nathalia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21898/nathalia/topic/community