15.2% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nilgen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Nilgen have remained steady over the last decade, with 15.2% of residents giving their time. While this is about the same as the state average, the area is notable for a much higher proportion of people performing significant unpaid housework compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure and almost identical to the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the state, yet 29.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—a figure well above the national average.
10.7% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.4% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 4.4% of the population having served, which is a little above the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/community