8.8% ▼ -73.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nyah West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nyah West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in local volunteering is the main story for Nyah West, where the rate fell by 25 percentage points since 2011. Only 8.8% of people now volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This decline is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and care across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Nyah West has fallen significantly to just 8.8%, a figure well below both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has generally decreased since 2011. Those caring for children unpaid fell to 17.8%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while people providing other unpaid care dropped to 12.5%.
12.5% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most other areas, with 4.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221056/nyah-west/topic/community