17.0% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hinchinbrook · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Hinchinbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people providing unpaid support defines Hinchinbrook, where 13.9% of residents give care to others. This is much higher than most other areas. While many people help out in their own time, the number of locals volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in Hinchinbrook volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. This is down 6.1 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do significant unpaid work, with 24.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the national average. However, the 20.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 much more common here than in most areas. About 4.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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 Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33800/hinchinbrook/topic/community