11.8% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nyah West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 24.2% of people in Nyah West do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure. While many handle heavy domestic loads and caregiving, formal volunteering is less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the Australian rate at 20.4%, yet 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.6% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.2%
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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/community