17.2% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hendra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hendra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 32.1% of people in Hendra provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is a key feature of the area. Other community contributions are also common, though volunteering has dipped slightly in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.2% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, even though the figure fell 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life in Hendra, where 32.1% of people look after children and 22.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are higher than the national average. Meanwhile, 11.9% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
11.9% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.3%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Hendra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031125/hendra/topic/community