14.9% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South East Nanango · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South East Nanango
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual share of veterans now live in South East Nanango, where community support often takes the form of unpaid care. While volunteering rates are similar to the state average, nearly one in five people provide unpaid care to others. This highlights a local trend toward home-based support and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.3% of people providing support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with more people doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.4%), though far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
19.3% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 other areas, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian rates.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 South East Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32588/south-east-nanango/topic/community