20.7% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nimbin · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nimbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Nimbin volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. While volunteering is common here, the number of people providing this unpaid help has fallen since 2011. This community shows a strong lean toward unpaid work, though the types of care provided vary.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of people volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales, although it has fallen from 27.2% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures, but 14.2% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average. Around 20.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
14.2% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence service is seen in 3.6% of the population. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and puts the area around the middle for its level.
3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre 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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122098/nimbin/topic/community