7.5% ▼ -67.1%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nebo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nebo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer or provide unpaid care in Nebo (L) compared to most other areas. Only 7.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that has dropped sharply by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 5.5% of people providing such support. This trend is consistent across the board, as the number of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children has also fallen significantly since 2011.
5.5% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.4% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the national figure.
2.4%
Lower than 80% 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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321077/nebo/topic/community