14.1% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nanango · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nanango
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people in Nanango have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. While volunteering remains steady, there is a strong presence of residents providing unpaid care for others. These figures highlight a community with a notable history of service and local support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people in Nanango volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing care—well above the Queensland figure. However, the 16.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.7% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 much more common in Nanango than in most areas, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the national average of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32100/nanango/topic/community