7.3% ▼ -79.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howqua Inlet · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Howqua Inlet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap in community involvement defines Howqua Inlet, where only 7.3% of residents volunteer. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and among the lowest rates for similar areas. While few volunteer, nearly one in five people provide unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure, with only 7.3% of people in Howqua Inlet giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.2% of people providing support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, very few people care for children unpaid (5.5%), a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.2% ▲ +87.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.5% ▼ -74.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
No one in Howqua Inlet has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Howqua Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21213/howqua-inlet/topic/community