13.5% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nome · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nome
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former Defence Force members defines Nome, where 8.2% of people have served. This is among the highest figures for similar areas and stands well above the national average. Other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering and childcare, are generally lower or more typical than in other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in the state and nation, at 21.2%. However, 23.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.7% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 8.2%, which is well above both the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Nome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32157/nome/topic/community