14.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nambour · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nambour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Nambour generally follows state and national trends. A notable 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than in most similar areas. Other forms of participation and unpaid care remain consistent with the broader Queensland experience.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common here than the national figure, with 14.7% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the Queensland average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Around 25.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.8% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32099/nambour/topic/community