13.7% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nelson · State Electorate
Community Participation in Nelson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others looks very different in Nelson, where a huge proportion of the population has served in the military. While local volunteering has dropped, the area is marked by a very high number of former Defence Force members. This contributes to a community where unpaid care and housework are less common than in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Nelson volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is about the same as the Northern Territory and national figures, though it is a fall of 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 8.1% of people providing care and 22.5% caring for children. This last figure is well below the national average and has dropped by 25 percentage points since 2011.
8.1% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 striking 10.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. This is well above the Northern Territory's 5.2% and nearly four times the national figure of 2.8%.
10.7%
Higher than 99% of state electorate 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 Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70020/nelson/topic/community