28.9% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Nhill volunteer, which is far more than the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of the population helping out. This is 15 percentage points higher than the Australian average and far above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.8% of people providing support. While 23.7% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—well above the national figure—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (20.1%) compared to the rest of the country.
14.8% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is roughly the same as the national figure and very similar to the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Nhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21939/nhill/topic/community