19.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numinbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Numinbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark Numinbah as a community that gives a lot of its time to others. Around 19% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of help extends to the home, where unpaid care is more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Numinbah volunteer, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees a high level of unpaid work, with 16.5% of people providing unpaid care and 26.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the 25.3% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as the state average.
16.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
No one in Numinbah has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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).
More for Numinbah
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Numinbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13051/numinbah/topic/community