19.6% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nilma North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nilma North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people in Nilma North contribute to their community through unpaid work. About 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service is seen across both formal volunteering and care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.6%) volunteer here. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 17.2% of people providing care—a figure well above the national average. While this is high, the 20.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Victorian and Australian figures of 26.3%.
17.2% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 slightly more common here than in the rest of the state. About 3.1% of residents have served, which is a little above Victoria's 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Nilma North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21944/nilma-north/topic/community