15.7% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nillup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nillup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 41.2% of residents in Nillup do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework every week, a figure far above the national average. While many locals help out at home, other forms of community involvement are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people in Nillup volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and sits roughly in line with the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 13.7% of people providing unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Around 25.5% of residents care for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 41.2%
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.
No one in Nillup has served in the Defence Force, a proportion that is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the nation.
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 Nillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51115/nillup/topic/community