14.9% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nambour · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nambour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 4.5 percentage points since 2011 in Nambour. While many residents still provide unpaid support to others, the community's engagement in formal volunteering has fallen. Roughly 15% of people now volunteer, which is a lower rate than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people in Nambour volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is lower than most similar areas and marks a drop from 19.4% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.7% of people caring for children and 13.2% providing other unpaid care. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 22.1% since 2011, which is a little above the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL312004/nambour/topic/community