32.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nurom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nurom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Nurom give their time to others than in most other areas. About 32% of the population volunteer, which is more than double the national figure. This strong spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 32.1% of people pitching in. This is far above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, with 46.4% of people providing support—a figure far above the national 11.9%. While 32.1% do plenty of housework, only 10.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state and national figures.
46.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
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 Nurom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41059/nurom/topic/community