17.0% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hampden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hampden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of residents in Hampden provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a community where family care and local volunteering play a significant role in daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.3% of residents caring for children and 25.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures. Around 12.9% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, slightly higher than the national average.
12.9% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 proportion of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Hampden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31292/hampden/topic/community