21.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nerimbera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nerimbera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Nerimbera, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide care than those in other areas. Over 21% of people here give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Nerimbera, with 21.6% of people pitching in, a rate well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high here, with 20.3% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the 27.3% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national rate.
20.3% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.3% of people having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Nerimbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32119/nerimbera/topic/community