17.4% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nicholson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping out defines daily life in Nicholson, where people are far more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of the country. About 17.4% of residents volunteer, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people giving their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in the area; 28.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid care, including 29.4% of residents caring for children.
14.6% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
A greater proportion of the community has a military background, with 4.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21941/nicholson/topic/community