21.3% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numinbah Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Numinbah Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Numinbah Valley volunteer, making it a place where locals are far more likely to give their time than those in other areas. While community spirit is high, very few residents are been tasked with unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common in this area than elsewhere. Only 9.1% care for children and 9.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
6.6% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.1% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.6% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.5%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Numinbah Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32196/numinbah-valley/topic/community