22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nug Nug · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nug Nug
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people do unpaid housework in Nug Nug than in the rest of the state. This community is highly active in other ways too, with 22.2% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More than half of residents (51.9%) do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. Conversely, unpaid care for others is very rare, with 0.0% providing such care and a much lower rate of people caring for children compared to the state.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
51.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 51.9%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Nug Nug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21978/nug-nug/topic/community