11.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hopetoun Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hopetoun Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Hopetoun Park than in the rest of the country. While 37.6% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community involvement are less common here. This creates a local profile where family responsibilities take priority over formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a major part of daily life, with 37.6% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. This is alongside 24.1% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Victorian figure of 20.1%.
13.5% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.6% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
A higher than usual 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21202/hopetoun-park/topic/community