36.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nambung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nambung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Nambung than in most similar areas. This community shows an exceptionally high level of participation, with 36% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is 36%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 24% of people providing such support, a figure far above the national average of 11.9%. While 24% also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 20% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
24.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 Nambung has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Nambung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51077/nambung/topic/community