33.3% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nabawa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nabawa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of residents in Nabawa now give their time as volunteers, a figure that has grown since 2011. This creates a strong spirit of service in the area, where a high number of people also have a history of serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure, fewer people provide other types of care. Only 8.1% provide unpaid care and 22.2% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below national levels.
8.1% ▲ +90.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 12.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
12.7%
Higher 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 Nabawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51071/nabawa/topic/community