32.3% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.7%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nungarin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nungarin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Nungarin volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in a population that is much more likely to provide unpaid care and support others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 32.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the state average, residents are much more likely to provide other forms of unpaid care. About 26.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
16.2% ▲ +66.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 7.6% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Nungarin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51168/nungarin/topic/community