28.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nimmitabel · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nimmitabel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Nimmitabel volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of local contribution defines the area, where many residents commit their time to helping others and supporting the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.4% of people giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is among the highest in similar areas at 16.8%, a figure that rose since 2011. Similarly, 26.9% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure, though only 20.7% provide unpaid childcare.
16.8% ▲ +73.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Nimmitabel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122099/nimmitabel/topic/community