18.3% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nyngan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A falling trend in local engagement defines the community side of Nyngan, where volunteering and unpaid care have all dropped since 2011. Despite these declines, 18.3% of people still volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people volunteer in Nyngan, a rate well above both the state and national figures. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 25.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has decreased across the board, with only 10.9% of people providing unpaid care and 24.9% caring for children. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week fell to 21.5%, a figure about the same as the state average.
10.9% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Force veterans make up 2.1% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 85% of urban centre 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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/community