5.8% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hinchinbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hinchinbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 5.8% of people in Hinchinbrook volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This area has some of the lowest levels of community participation compared to similar places, with fewer residents providing unpaid care or serving in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 5.8% of residents helping out. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common than in most areas, with 17.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, and child care is also a little below the state average at 22.5%.
11.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and lower than most similar areas.
0.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL11922/hinchinbrook/topic/community