24.8% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nimbin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nimbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 25% of people in Nimbin volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This shows a community with very high levels of local engagement and a strong spirit of helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 18.6%. However, 24.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the New South Wales average.
13.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12974/nimbin/topic/community