26.1% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nhill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by over 5 percentage points since 2011 in Nhill, though the town remains remarkably active. More than a quarter of the population still gives their time to others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.1% of people in Nhill volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, with 13.9% of residents helping out. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 19.1%.
13.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
About 2.9% of the population in Nhill has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the state and national figures, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Nhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215064/nhill/topic/community