8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nirimba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nirimba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Nirimba provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of family care defines daily life here, even though other forms of community work are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 39.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for this level—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.6%) and those providing other unpaid care (9.4%) are both a little below the national average.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and nearly the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Nirimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32149/nirimba/topic/community