19.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nankin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nankin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 15% of people in Nankin provide unpaid care, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through both formal volunteering and supporting family members at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.0%) volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While those caring for children unpaid (21.9%) are well below the national figure, 28.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the 20.7% state average.
15.3% ▲ +62.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 Force veterans make up 3.6% of the population, a rate higher than most similar areas and slightly above the 2.8% national figure.
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 Nankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32105/nankin/topic/community