33.4% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hopetoun · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hopetoun
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 33.4% of people in Hopetoun volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one third of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Victorian and national averages by around 20 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, a higher than usual 25.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Overall, 12.9% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 3.9% of the population, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21201/hopetoun/topic/community