13.2% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hinkler · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Hinkler
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Hinkler provide unpaid childcare, although this is well below the national figure. The area shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and service, with a higher than usual number of people caring for others and serving in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.5% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.9% of people providing care—a figure a little above the national level. This is seen in the 23.5% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much higher than most areas.
13.9% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to other areas. At 5.0%, this is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
5.0%
Higher than 92% of federal 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 Hinkler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED316/hinkler/topic/community