5.2% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hope Vale · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Hope Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 32.5% of people in Hope Vale provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents handle significant home and child duties, formal volunteering is very low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.2% of people volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common at 32.5%, and 26.4% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above Queensland levels. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are few, at 6.6%, which is well below the national figure.
6.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +106.3%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 84% 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 Hope Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33830/hope-vale/topic/community