15.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nords Wharf · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nords Wharf
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform unpaid care work in Nords Wharf than in the rest of the state. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the area stands out for the high proportion of residents who look after children or elderly and sick family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. However, this is lower than in most similar areas and has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 19.1% of people providing care, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This includes 30.1% of residents caring for children and 30.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
19.1% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the state and national figures, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
3.1%
Lower than 63% 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 Nords Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121089/nords-wharf/topic/community