19.0% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Herberton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Herberton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Herberton volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is much more common than in most areas. While this spirit of giving is strong, the number of volunteers has fallen from 22.8% in 2011 to 19.0% today.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it has dropped by 3.8 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the national 26.3%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much more common than in most areas, at 25.4%.
12.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.8% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 87% 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 Herberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306051167/herberton/topic/community