23.9% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nullawarre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nullawarre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Nullawarre give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community support is a huge part of daily life. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the local data, which shows high rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more frequent here than in most areas, with 17.6% of people providing support. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid housework (27.7%) and child care (29.8%), both of which are well above the national figures.
17.6% ▲ +71.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Nullawarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21981/nullawarre/topic/community