15.4% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nambucca Heads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nambucca Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Nambucca Heads have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While a good number of locals volunteer, the town has a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer here. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than in most areas, at 16.6%, which is well below the national figure. However, the 14.1% of people providing general unpaid care is higher than in most similar places.
14.1% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
A striking 5.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the state and national averages.
5.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12898/nambucca-heads/topic/community