13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamilton Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Hamilton Creek than in other parts of the country. While some residents give their time to the community, the area has very few former defence force members and a lower rate of child caregiving than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 12.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Around 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland average of 3.9% and a little below the national figure.
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 Hamilton Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31290/hamilton-creek/topic/community