11.8% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nerang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nerang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have shifted in Nerang, where only 11.8% of people now give their time to community groups. This is much lower than most similar areas. While many residents are involved in family care, the overall level of unpaid community work remains below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.8% of people in Nerang volunteer, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is much lower than what is seen in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 19.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.7% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Around 3.1% of Nerang residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Nerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32117/nerang/topic/community