# Community Participation — Hinchinbrook

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Hinchinbrook (Council (LGA))

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.

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.

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.

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%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 17.0% | -26.4% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 13.9% | +15.8% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 20.6% | -17.7% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 4.3% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 24.7% | -16.6% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33800/hinchinbrook/topic/community