16.4% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nicklin · State Electorate
Community Participation in Nicklin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Nicklin involves a high level of unpaid work and community contribution. This is most evident in the 13.3% of residents who provide unpaid care, a figure much higher than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people in Nicklin volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most areas, though the rate has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.2% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While unpaid childcare is about the same as the state average at 25.9%, the number of people providing general unpaid care has risen to 13.3%.
13.3% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.8%, this is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 74% of state electorate 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 Nicklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30064/nicklin/topic/community