15.4% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nunawading · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nunawading
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Nunawading involves a high level of family support, with 27.9% of people providing unpaid child care. While many residents contribute to their community, the area shows a lower rate of volunteering compared to most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people in Nunawading volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 27.9% of residents providing this support, a figure a little above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is around the middle for similar areas.
13.1% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Nunawading [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21985/nunawading/topic/community