22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nayook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nayook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Nayook contribute to their community through unpaid work than in most similar areas. High rates of volunteering and caregiving define the local spirit, with 30.5% of residents providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.0% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Nayook, where 42.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the 20.7% national figure, alongside very high rates of unpaid childcare (37.3%) and general caregiving (30.5%).
30.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
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 here than in most areas. About 5.4% of residents have served, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Nayook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21904/nayook/topic/community